Colombia and Ecuador have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations that were suspended more than two years ago over a bombing raid into Ecuadorean territory.
"We've decided to fully re-establish our relations. I celebrate this very important step for our peoples," Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, said on Friday at a one-day summit of South American leaders in Guyana.
Colombia attacked a rebel camp across the border with Ecuador in March 2008, killing 25 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), including Raul Reyes, the group's second-in-command.
The raid was co-ordinated by Santos, who was defence minister at the time, and it triggered a regional crisis. Ecuador withdrew its ambassador and broke off relations in protest.
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