3/4/08

Peru asks OAS to mediate Colombia crisis


Peruvian President Alan Garcia regarded the Colombian military incursion into Ecuador as unacceptable, and suggested the Organization of American States (OAS) to seek solutions to the crisis.
President Garcia said Monday that Colombia's invasion of Ecuadorian national territory to attack the guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) violated Ecuadorian national sovereignty, and Bogota should apologize.
He suggested OAS should meet and establish clear commitments in defense of regional democracy, non-intervention, and collaboration in the struggle against terrorism.
Garcia announced he would call the presidents of Brazil, Panama and Chile, and the OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza to coordinate the meeting.
The Peruvian president also expressed concern that the crisis generated by the Colombian attack may affect this year's international summits in the region.
Peruvian Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo said they hoped the historic links between Ecuador and Colombia "will surmount any circumstantial differences and prevent a military escalation."
Del Castillo informed that President Garcia spoke with the Presidents of Ecuador and Colombia, Rafael Correa and Alvaro Uribe respectively, to try to calm them down.
Peruvian international analyst Ernesto Velitd noted that the Colombian attack was a hard punch to the unity of the Community of Andean Nations.

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