Quito Declaration of the III Summit of South American Nations Union (UNASUR) has condemned the coup d' State in Honduras, but did not mention the issue of U.S. military bases in Colombia.
The case, which has aroused great concern in all Latin American countries, will be addressed at a special summit this month in Buenos Aires, after steps which will officially Unasur to Washington to define the scope of the Colombian-US military agreement.
The conflict sparked by the military agreement between Bogota and Washington is the latest chapter of a regional political crisis that has been beaten to Latin America in recent years, led by Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
According to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, U.S. troops "would cooperate in the fight against drug trafficking and terrorism", but his neighbors considered to constitute a threat to its security.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, called for the United States to convene a dialogue on the controversial pact with Colombia to increase its military presence in that country.
"At some point the government can summon Unasur States Together to discuss issues that concern us in the region, "he said.
Rafael Correa spent part of his inaugural address as president of Ecuador for a second term trading agreement Colombia and the United States, an issue focused debate summit closed on Monday in Quito.
reiterated his rejection of the possible use of military bases in Colombia by U.S. troops, denounced a "double standard" about this issue and hoped it would not help to combat "the American insurgent governments.
The statement was signed by the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay and Venezuela and Vice President of Uruguay, Foreign Minister of Peru, Colombia's vice chancellor and the representative of Suriname. About
Honduras, Unasur declared that "no recognition, no way, rupture of the democratic institutional order" and reaffirmed that "recognize no election is called de facto government" that ousted Manuel Zelaya on June 28 .
Zelaya was invited to the ceremony where President Unasur Ecuador, Rafael Correa assumed the rotating presidency of the body and then to the National Assembly session which Correa was sworn in for four more years.
The place also came the Cuban leader, Raul Castro.
Quito's statement emphasized the importance of "moving forward" in the ratification of the treaty establishing Unasur 2008, because only Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador completed the legislative process.
No decision on the appointment of the Secretary General of UNASUR.
The summit approved the creation of four new councils for cooperation: the Anti-Narcotics, Infrastructure and Planning, Social Development, Education, Culture, Science, Technology and Innovation, which are added to existing ones: Defense, Energy and Health .
The document emphasizes the need for "progress" in adopting joint initiatives to confront the international financial crisis and promote a new regional financial architecture.
In this sense, it instructed the finance ministers of the twelve countries of UNASUR to submit proposals for initiatives such as the Banco del Sur, the construction of a common reserve fund, a regional payment system, a regional clearing system , among others.
This summit showed that even the young body should move towards the consolidation of its institutions, so that it can meet expectations regarding the political, economic, social and cultural, resulting from its Founding Treaty, adopted in May 2008 .
(Xinhua) 12/08/2009
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