Ecuador to restrict entrance of Colombian citizens due to recent kidnappings
28/10/2008 16:19
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said yesterday 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.
Xinhua
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