Brazil, Ecuador
Confirm Expanding Unasur Session
Brasilia - Brazilian
Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and his
Ecuadorian counterpart Fander Falconi said
on Monday that the Union of South American
Nations (Unasur) Summit would be expanded.
A Unasur extraordinary session would be
summoned to discuss regional security issues
such as the controversial Colombia-U.S.
military agreement and other military
agreements with third countries.
During a press conference, visiting
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Falconi said
that his country would discuss all the
issues proposed. "It is not about accusing
anyone, but the presidents to have a
dialogue," he said.
Colombia has confirmed President Alvaro
Uribe's attendance to the session. Officials
said Columbia would discuss agreements such
as the Brazil-France negotiation on
purchasing nuclear submarines and
helicopters.
"There was difference between buying
equipment or training and the presence of
foreign soldiers within a country's
territory, despite the aim to combat drug
trafficking," Amorim said.
Amorim also said that the discussion on the
Colombia bases might yield no juridical
guarantees to confine the U.S. troops only
to combat the drug trafficking inside
Colombia.
The Unasur Summit would be hosted on Aug. 28
in Bariloche, Argentina.
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