Ecuador supports Peruvian Pact

Peru: Ecuador supports a South American non-aggression pact held by Peru, stated Ecuador’s Ambassador Diego Ribadeneira, which emphasized its anti-arms character.

“We are against arms industry and we believed that President Alan Garcia’s proposal deserves our support” stated the diplomat.

He added that armament worries lots of countries in the region, which should use their resources to end with poverty.

The diplomat highlighted the meeting of Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Defense with chiefs of Peruvian and Ecuadorian armed forces, which will take place in Quito next October 15 and 16. It is a demonstration of how both countries favor cooperation and not arms build up.

Regarding the purchase of airplanes to Venezuela, Ribadeneira stated they are to take care of Amazonian territory and to fight drug trafficking. Peruvian non-aggression project is just a statement but it is considered as positive and ought to be analyzed by Argentinean Ambassador at Peru Dario Alessandro.

This proposal presented last month in a meeting of Ministries of Foreign Affairs and National Defense of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has been rejected just by Chile, which considers it out of context. This rejection is among the diplomatic tensions between these two countries because of a dispute on maritime borders. Lima, Prensa Latina