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Bolivia, US to
Continue Dialogue
LA PAZ - Bolivian Foreign
Minister David Choquehuanca will be the head
of a delegation that will go to the United
States to continue meetings intended to
reach a new agreement, regarding mutual
respectful relations between both countries.
According to Choquehuanca, quoted as saying
on Thursday by Bolivian Information Agency,
the meeting is scheduled for the end of this
month in the United States, with
particpation of some national authorities.
In May, La Paz and Washington agreed a new
accord regarding bilateral relations, when a
high level delegation of the US government,
headed by Assistant Secretary of State for
Western Hemisphere Affairs Thommas Shannon,
was visiting the Andean nation.
The sides agreed to create a commission to
speed up extradition of former President
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and his
collaborators, who took refuge in the United
States and must face a trial for crimes
against humanity committed on October, 2003.
Regarding the struggle against
drug-trafficking, both governments
determined to collaborate through shared
responsibility, but based on respect to the
Bolivian anti-drug policy.
During the visit, Shannon showed his
optimism for the restoration of the
deteriorated diplomatic links.
The relations between the two states came
into crisis when President of the Andean
nation Evo Morales decided to expel US
ambassador Phillip Goldberg on charges of
conspiracy on September, 2008.
Immediately after, the administration of US
President at that time George W. Bush
expelled Bolivian ambassador Gustavo Guzman
and suspended this South American country
from the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA).
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