Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (R)
and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega talk after they agreed to resolve a
territorial dispute at the 20th Group of Rio Summit in Santo Domingo March
7, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
SANTO DOMINGO, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the
four Andean nations, whose relations were bruised by Colombia's cross-border
raid on rebels, broke off their diplomatic tensions on Friday with handshakes at
a regional summit here.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe apologized for his
country's cross-border attack on rebels to Ecuadorian counterpart Rafeal Correa,
who accepted Uribe's apology and shook hands with Uribe.
Later on, Uribe shook hands with his Venezuelan and
Nicaraguan counterparts Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega.
But Uribe denied Correa's charge
that Colombia violated Ecuador's territory, saying Colombia had informed Ecuador
of the attack.
