| July 23 |
| Security agreement with the United States strengthens Plan Colombia: President Uribe |
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“This agreement guarantees continuity of an improved Plan Colombia. A Plan improved by the experience throughout these years. We have worked in Plan Colombia for eight years now” the Head of State indicated, and highlighted that with this agreement, the United States understands and answers to the demand of joint responsibility between both countries.
Santa Marta, July 23 (SP). The security agreement, which is been processed with the United States, guarantees continuity of an improved Plan Colombia, President Álvaro Uribe Vélez stated in Santa Marta.
That was pointed by President Uribe during the opening act of the ‘Fifth meeting of Interagency Coordination’, arranged by Presidential Agency Acción Social in Santa Marta. This meeting gathers guests from different countries.
“This agreement guarantees continuity of an improved Plan Colombia. A Plan improved by the experience throughout these years. We have worked in Plan Colombia for eight years now. These 8 years gave us experiences, gave us knowledge”.
“All this lead us to improve, to plan a path of an improved Plan Colombia, I would say that is the reason for this security agreement with the United States”, the Head of State said.
He expressed that with Plan Colombia and that agreement, the United States understands and answers to the demand of joint responsibility between both countries.
“I think that the United States with Plan Colombia, with this agreement, understands and answers to the demand of joint responsibility. Joint responsibility can not be only used as a speech in forums; joint responsibility has to go from the forums to the practice.
And the practice, to show the acceptance of joint responsibility, is evidenced in matters such as Plan Colombia’s implementation, or this new stage of improved Plan Colombia, which is the security agreement with the United States”, he underlined.
The President of Colombia added that “this security agreement is recognizes the need of an efficient joint responsibility, to fight this problem that have caused so many deaths”
At the opening act were also the Ambassador of the United States, William Brownfield; the Ambassador of the Netherlands, Marion Kappeyne Van de Coppello; the acting Minister of Defense and Commander of the Armed Forces, General Freddy Padilla de León and the Director of Special Programs of Acción Social, Pablo Ariel Gómez, among others. |
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