Ecuadorian
President: Ecuador,
Colombia Recover "Some" Lost Trust
Quito - Ecuadorian
President Rafael Correa said on Monday that
some steps had been taken to recover "some"
of the lost trust between Ecuador and
Colombia after Colombia bombed Ecuadorian
territory in a raid against Colombian
guerillas last year.
During an interview broadcast on Radio
Publica, Correa said trust is like a glass
cup. "If it breaks, it can be glued with the
greatest talent of the world, but the mark
remains," he said.
However, "there have been steps to recover
some of that lost trust and to have
guarantees of not happening again, the same
as on March 1, 2008," when the Colombian
army bombed Ecuadorian territory, he said.
Two days after the raid, Ecuador severed
diplomatic ties with Colombia.
Correa said that one of those "steps" taken
was a joint communiqué signed last week by
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Fander Falconi
and his Colombian counterpart Jaime
Bermudez.
According to the document, Colombia once
more confirmed it would never again attack
Ecuador, and promised to reinforce the
security of their common border.
Correa said the communiqué and the "reached
achievements will help to recover some of
the lost trust."
However, "personally, I think as any person,
if you are stabbed in your back, you will
never totally recover trust. You will always
be looking at your back," Correa said.
Ecuador has spent "prodigious" amount of
resources for border security, which amounts
to some 170 million U.S. dollars per year,
said the president.
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