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Tuesday 28 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Ecuador To Restrict
Entrance of Colombians
Due To Recent
Kidnappings
QUITO - Ecuadorian
President Rafael Correa
said on Monday that his
country will ban the
entry of Colombian
citizens into Ecuador if
Colombian gangs continue
their kidnapping of
Ecuadorians.
"If Colombia continues
(being) incapable of
controlling its
territory and if
Colombian gangs continue
kidnapping Ecuadorians,
with deep regret we will
have to restrict the
entry and stay of
Colombian citizens in
our country," Correa
said.
He said, "We do not have
interest in resuming
diplomatic ties" with
Colombia, which were
severed in March after
Colombia violated
Ecuadorian sovereignty
by carrying out a
military operation on
the Ecuadorian side.
On Saturday, the
Ecuadorian government
announced that it will
file an international
lawsuit against Colombia
because the latter
allegedly refused to
cooperate in the release
of the kidnapped
Ecuadorian Kleber
Larriva, brother of
Azuay province's
governor, Osvaldo
Larriva.
"We will seek the legal
way to sue Colombia,
because it must answer
for that rescue, but it
can not control its
territory," Correa said.
The Ecuadorian president
added, "The Colombian
police were informed of
the kidnapping of the
Ecuadorian by Colombian
criminal gangs, but they
told us that they could
not take actions because
it was a territory
controlled by the rebel
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia."
"What a shame! ... it is
not possible that a
state can not control
all of its territory,"
Correa said. |
