International Group Seeks to Build Peace Between Ecuador, Peru
Washington - The United States has joined with other countries and
multi-national organizations on a plan to put a permanent end to a
long-standing border dispute between Peru and Ecuador.
The International Advisory Committee for the Binational Development
Plan for the Peru-Ecuador frontier region calls for $3,000 million in
investments to encourage economic integration and sustainable growth,
and to improve the quality of life along the disputed section of the
border.
The plan would finance investment projects and feasibility studies in
areas such as water and sanitation, health, education, transportation,
micro-enterprise, environmental and watershed management,
electrification and municipal development. The resources would come
from government and multilateral sources. One plan for bringing a
permanent peace to the area involves developing a binational
ecological park administered by both countries.
The Committee held its first meeting, hosted by the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB), in Washington on October 30. Establishment of
the Committee was called for in the peace agreements signed by Peru
and Ecuador in 1998 to end decades of territorial disputes between the
two countries. That peace agreement, guaranteed by the United States,
Argentina, Brazil and Chile, was aimed at ending the dispute over land
ownership in the Cordillera del Condor region. Peru and Ecuador fought
wars over the land in 1941, 1981 and 1998.
The IDB said in a statement that the meeting included delegations from
the United States, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Spain, the Andean Development Corporation, and the United Nations
Development Program.
The IDB said another meeting of the Advisory Committee will take place
in Quito, Ecuador, in April 2001.
(The Washington File is a product of the Office of International
Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site:
http://usinfo.state.gov)
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