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Article: COLOMBIA/ECUADOR: OAS RESOLUTION EASES DIPLOMATIC CRISIS.
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- Interpress Service
- Article date:
- March 6, 2008
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By Gloria Helena Rey
BOGOTA, Colombia, Mar. 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Politicians and business leaders in Colombia collectively breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday as the Organization of American States began addressing the diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Ecuador.
The organization's permanent council approved a resolution stating that Bogot violated Ecuador's national sovereignty by attacking a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp Saturday in Ecuadorian territory.
However, it did not condemn the Colombian government for the military operation, as Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Mar a Isabel Salvador demanded on Tuesday.
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