Ecuador Says To Respect
Colombia's Elections
QUITO - Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa
said on Friday that the country will respect
the outcome of the presidential elections in
Colombia scheduled for June 20.
Ecuador will "respect the outcome and the
sovereign choice of the Colombian people,"
Correa said, adding "We will be happy if the
second round is carried out peacefully and
harmoniously like the first one."
Correa said the winner of the elections is
"the representative of a sovereign state and
we will try to maintain the best ties with
the winner, like with all the other
countries in the world."
Referring to presidential candidate Juan
Manuel Santos, who won the first round of
elections but fell short of the votes needed
for an outright victory, Correa said if
Santos wins the elections and he also
respects Ecuador, there will also be good
ties between the two countries "like the
ones we have with Peru and other friendly
countries."
Ecuador accused Santos of having ordered a
bombing raid in 2008 against a camp of the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
established in Ecuadorian territory. He was
then Colombia's defense minister.
After the raid, Quito broke off ties with
Bogota on the grounds that the attack
violated Ecuador's territorial sovereignty,
and a judge from the Ecuadorian province of
Sucumbios, which borders Colombia, ordered
Santos be notified by the Ecuadorian embassy
in Colombia about the imprisonment warrant
against him. |
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