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Colombia delays restoring Ecuador diplomatic ties
24 Jun 2008 16:13:54 GMT
Source: Reuters
BOGOTA, June 24 (Reuters) - Colombia said on Tuesday it postponed this week's scheduled restoration of diplomatic ties with Ecuador after the president of the neighboring country made what it called offensive comments.
The rift began with a March Colombian military strike against a rebel camp on Ecuador's side of the border. Ecuador broke diplomatic relations over the bombing raid, in which a Colombian rebel leader was killed.
Left-wing Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, who has clashed with Colombia's conservative leader, Alvaro Uribe, said over the weekend that his country was aggrieved by Colombia's actions throughout the dispute and that Ecuador would be the one to set a timetable for reestablishing relations.
The countries were set to renew ties this week at the level of charges d'affaires in a deal brokered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
"But the recent statements by President Correa have closed the possibility of advancing this process," Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo said in a statement to Colombian radio.
The Organization of American States on Tuesday called on both sides to stop making public statements of a distancing nature and get on with restoring ties.
Colombia says computer files found in the destroyed rebel camp show that Ecuador and Venezuela had secret ties to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, a charge both countries deny. (Reporting by Hugh Bronstein; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
The rift began with a March Colombian military strike against a rebel camp on Ecuador's side of the border. Ecuador broke diplomatic relations over the bombing raid, in which a Colombian rebel leader was killed.
Left-wing Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, who has clashed with Colombia's conservative leader, Alvaro Uribe, said over the weekend that his country was aggrieved by Colombia's actions throughout the dispute and that Ecuador would be the one to set a timetable for reestablishing relations.
The countries were set to renew ties this week at the level of charges d'affaires in a deal brokered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
"But the recent statements by President Correa have closed the possibility of advancing this process," Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo said in a statement to Colombian radio.
The Organization of American States on Tuesday called on both sides to stop making public statements of a distancing nature and get on with restoring ties.
Colombia says computer files found in the destroyed rebel camp show that Ecuador and Venezuela had secret ties to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, a charge both countries deny. (Reporting by Hugh Bronstein; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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How come Reuters and the rest are always commenting on," The Left Wing President of Ecuador," or "The Extreme Left Wing President of Ecuador ." Yet we never hear them comment on, "The Right Wing President of the United States," or, "Dubya, The Extreme Right Wing President of the United States."
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