La Paz, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) President Evo Morales noted that Bolivian relations with the United States must relay on cooperation rather than on interference by US diplomats as they did previously.
Any attempt to tighten relations will be welcomed if it is to achieve economic and social improvement, said President Morales in a press conference in Palacio de Quemado.
The statement comes as Bolivia and the United States revise their links to establish normal political and economic ties.
According to Foreign Minister David Chequehuanca, head of the Bolivian delegation to the talks, they have so far made progress and renewed accords signed last May on drug enforcement and trade.
The US-Bolivian crisis began in September 2008, when President Evo Morales expelled Ambassador Phillip Goldberg on charges of conspiracy.
The US retaliated by expelling Ambassador Gustavo Guzman and removing Bolivia of the list of beneficiaries of US preferential tariffs.
Goldberg’s recent appointment as Undersecretary for US Intelligence by President Barack Obama confirms that the ex ambassador came to Bolivia to conspire, according to President Morales.
Source: Prensa Latina
