Colombia Says Meeting
With Ecuador Not
Arranged at Upcoming
Regional Summit
Colombian Ambassador to
Peru Alvaro Pava said
Wednesday said no
meeting with Ecuador,
which has broken off
ties with Colombia in
March, has been arranged
at the upcoming regional
summit.
Ecuadorian President
Rafael Correa and his
Colombian counterpart
Alvaro Uribe will attend
the 5th Latin American
and Caribbean (ALC)-European
Union (EU) summit, which
is to be held from May
13 to May 17 in Lima,
but a bilateral meeting
between them has not
been arranged, Pava
said.
The Organization of
American States (OAS) is
seeking a meeting
between the pair on the
sidelines of the summit,
he added.
Colombia would be always
be open to dialogue with
Ecuador and President
Uribe "has given signs
that his country wants
internal peace and
international
solidarity," Pava said.
The Colombian military
attacked a camp of
Colombia's Revolutionary
Armed Forces (FARC) in
Ecuador on March 1 and
two days later, Ecuador
severed diplomatic ties
with Colombia.
The upcoming ALC-EU
summit will gather
leaders of over 40
countries in Europe,
Latin America and the
Caribbean region, who
will discuss climate
change, poverty and
other issues.
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