Italy, Argentina and Chile question the Colombian incursion into Ecuador in which died Luis Edgar Devia Silva, aka 'Raúl Reyes'; Germany requested prudence to the countries and France expressed that FARC leader's death “is not a good news.”
International agencies highlight declarations from the Italian Minister of Foreign Relations, Massimo D'Alema, who affirmed that Italy is “worried and bemused” due to the Colombian military operation in Ecuadorian lands, in which died one of the chiefs of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, People's Army (FARC-EP).
“The Colombian military operation abroad surprised a lot and it let us worried and bemused,” declared the Italian minister during a meeting with the foreign press accredited in that country.
“An operation of this kind expresses to contradict the effort of beginning a diplomatic way” and so it is understood that “it has created serious tension in Latin America,” he added.
D'Alema reiterated that Italy is ready to be part of the group of countries to help in negotiations for a humanitarian agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC, fostered by Venezuela.
Likewise, the Argentinean Administration has shown to be dismayed and worried before what they consider transgression to the Ecuadorian sovereignty on behalf of Colombia, after the military operation in which died a FARC chief.
Argentina, through its Minister Jorge Taiana, expressed to be dismayed and worried before an obvious transgression to the territorial sovereignty of a country from the region as it is ecuador.
According to international agencies, the Argentinean Minister of Foreign Relations, Jorge Taiana, is in contact with his counterparts from Brasil, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay and Venezuela.
Taiana agreed with the other ministers to maintain “actives and in permanent contact in order to exchange information, carry out consults and to work coordinately in a shared view.”
In declarations issued to Radio ADN of Santiago de Chile by the president of the Republic, Michelle Bachelet, that country claims by the infringement to the Ecuadorian sovereignty, and they question the Colombian incursion into Ecuadorian territory, which ended with the death of the FARC second-in-command, Raul Reyes.
“A situation of this nature deserves, doubtlessly, an explanation on behalf of Colombia to Ecuadorians, to the Ecuadorian president and the whole area,” affirmed the Chilean president.
Bachelet also said that frontiers should be respected and she declared to be “worried” because of the diplomatic crisis which involves Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.
“The countries' frontiers and limits are based upon many international agreements and it is a extremely delicate situation when (the frontier) can be crossed over with any object, legal or ilegal,” she stated.
“We are very worried because of that. We are sorry and we can not agree to disrespect the frontier, for any reason and, especially, that Ecuador has felt assaulted with this intervention,” she added.
The president affirmed as well that she is in contact with the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa, with the OAS General Secretary, Jose Miguel Insulza, besides her counterparts from Brasil and Argentina, in order to overcome the conflict.
On the other hand, the German Administration recommended “prudence” to all the parts involved in the crisis unleashed by the Colombian military operation against a FARC camp in Ecuadorian territory, which killed the organization's second-in-command, Raúl Reyes.
“We hope that all the sides behave with proper prudence in order to avoid the crisis to worsen,” said the spokesperson from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Martin Jäger, in Berlin.
The killing of the FARC second-in-command, Raúl Reyes, during an operation of the Colombian Armed Forces in the early morning of last Saturday “is not a good news”, expressed the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Kouchner, to whom it is necessary to “double efforts” for the release of the guerrilla hostages, especially the Colombian-French politician Ingrid Betancourt.
“It is not a good news” that Reyes, “the man to whom we talked and we had contact, has been killed,” affirmed the French diplomat to the radio station France Inter.
The international spokesperson from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was killed last Saturday in the midst of a Colombian military operation in Ecuadorian territory, joined to 17 partners, which has unleashed a diplomatic crisis among Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, and the announce of these two last mentioned countries to send reinforcements to the frontier.
Translated by Felitza Nava
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