Ecuador to Assume South American Council
Presidency
Quito - The Ecuadorian Defense
Minister Javier Ponce affirmed that this
nation will assume Presidency of the South
American Defense Council in August.
"The council will pass to Ecuador in a
difficult situation because diplomatic
relations with Colombia has not yet been
restored and diplomatic relations between
this country and Venezuela are frozen,
emphasized Ponce."
That situation introduced complex and
difficult ingredients to the creation of
this body, he pointed out.
The Minister highlighted this Council must
yield consensus taking into account
sub-regional and national characteristics
and contribute to strengthen the Latin
America and Caribbean unity.
Made up by 12 nations the entity was created
last March in Santiago de Chile and became
the first organ that comes from the South
American Union of Nations (UNSUR) founded in
Brasilia in May 2008 and from which this
nation will also assume Presidency in
August.
Poce announcement appeared in moments in
which Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula
demanded the Council's meeting to ask
Colombia to give account for its decision to
increase US military presence in its
territory.
Without any intention to get involve in
Bogota's internal affairs Lula and other
regional leaders have warned that US troops
deployment in Colombia could constitute a
destabilizing factor for the region and
prompted an armed race in Latin America.
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