After meeting with his Brazilian peer Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Wednesday, visiting Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa demanded a quick reaction from the Organization of American States regarding violation of his country"s sovereignty by Colombia.
Correa said he hoped a committee proposed by Brazil can be installed as soon as possible to investigate the Colombian military incursion that led to a massacre of guerrillas in Ecuador.
We demand a swift stance by OAS to ratify the inviolability of national territories and sovereign countries, according to its founding charter, and to form the committee to verify the incidents and confirm the aggression we were subject to, said Correa.
He reiterated his condemnation of the Colombian government for attacking neighboring countries where there might be opponents it calls terrorists, and recalled that if this logic of President Alvaro Uribe prevails, then all countries have the right and freedom to bomb Colombian soil.
Correa also reiterated his appreciation of the direct stance of the Brazilian government in condemning, from the very first moment, the Colombian military attack against a neighbor territory.
He said this is a time for Latin American unity and he relies on international support. However, he reaffirmed the Ecuadorean people"s readiness to defend their country"s sovereignty at all costs.
We count on the international community, but above all on our own strength, our dignity, our pride, and we will not allow any insult from a government which has lost all sense of shame and betrayed the principles of international law, stressed Correa.
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