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WASHINGTON - U.S.
President George W. Bush
met with his Colombian
counterpart Alvaro Uribe
at the White House on
Saturday.
The two leaders
discussed bilateral
cooperation, including
the efforts to realize
free trade between the
United States and
Colombia, local media
reported, without
offering too many
details.
The Bush administration
is planning to buy 700
billion dollars of bad
debt from financial
institutions in efforts
to deal with the
financial crisis.
U.S. President George W.
Bush shakes hands with
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe in the Oval
Office of the White
House, September 20,
2008. (Xinhua/Reuters
Photo)
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Prior to the summit, a
White House spokesperson
said that Bush and Uribe
would deal with a range
of issues, including
their shared commitment
to the United
States-Colombia Trade
Promotion Agreement,
continuing efforts to
reduce violence and
enhance peace and
security in Colombia.
The Bush administration
regards Colombia as "a
strategic ally of the
United States," and has
been trying to push
Congress to approve the
free-trade deal with
Colombia.
Bush met with Uribe at
his Texas ranch in
December 2007 and the
two sides discussed
bilateral trade and
other issues of common
concern.
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U.S. President George W. Bush (right)shakes hands with
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in the Oval Office of
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