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Washington Times
October 30, 2007
Pg. 13
QUITO, ECUADOR — The Ecuadorean government on Friday insisted on ending a cooperation agreement with the United States that allows the U.S. military to use a coastal air force base for anti-drug operations in the Andes.
"Our decision to put an end to the use of the base in Manta in 2009 is inalterable and irreversible," Galo Mora, a representative of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, told participants at a solidarity forum with Cuba.
The 10-year agreement, signed by the United States and Ecuador in 1999, allows Washington to deploy up to 475 military personnel in Manta in support of counternarcotics operations.
October 30, 2007
Pg. 13
QUITO, ECUADOR — The Ecuadorean government on Friday insisted on ending a cooperation agreement with the United States that allows the U.S. military to use a coastal air force base for anti-drug operations in the Andes.
"Our decision to put an end to the use of the base in Manta in 2009 is inalterable and irreversible," Galo Mora, a representative of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, told participants at a solidarity forum with Cuba.
The 10-year agreement, signed by the United States and Ecuador in 1999, allows Washington to deploy up to 475 military personnel in Manta in support of counternarcotics operations.