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Bolivia, U.S.
Seek To Redirect Diplomatic Ties
La Paz - The governments of Bolivia and U.S.
are working in frame agreement to redirect
their bilateral ties, based on respect to
their sovereignty and dignity, Bolivian
Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said on
Thursday.
Choquehuanca said both nations are on
permanent communication and they will hold
meetings in Washington and La Paz.
The diplomatic ties between Bolivia and U.S.
are at a difficult moment after Bolivia
expelled U.S. ambassador Philip Goldberg on
Sept. 10, 2008, accusing conspiracy, and
U.S. answered by expelling Bolivian
ambassador Gustavo Guzman.
"We are working on a new framed agreement
with U.S. to recognize the sovereignty and
dignity of Bolivians. They (U.S) are aware
that they must respect Bolivian
authorities," Choquehuanca said.
When referring actions of the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Agency (DEA), Choquehuanca said
any kind of aid is welcome but without
conditions.
When expelling Goldberg from Bolivia,
Bolivian President Evo Morales declared him
"unwelcome person," saying that Goldberg
supported Bolivian opposition protests, in
five of the nine departments of Bolivia,
against Morales' government.
U.S. answered by expelling Guzman and former
U.S. president George W. Bush decided to
include Bolivia in the "black list" of the
countries allegedly not combating the drug
trafficking.
On March 10, both countries had a new
diplomatic impasse when Bolivia expelled
U.S. second secretary of the embassy in
Bolivia, Francisco Martinez, accusing him of
conspiracy and having links with the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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