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SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN COUNTRIES

  May 1, 2006

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today expressed serious concern about the increase in tensions in the bilateral relations between various member states.

Insulza said that “restoring peace and democracy required an enormous effort on the part of our countries in decades past, and therefore we should do everything necessary to preserve peace and democracy, and avoid situations that could undermine them.”

The Secretary General made an urgent call for “the parties to abstain from actions that could increase the atmosphere of tension, and in that regard, I am at the disposal of the parties to cooperate, in the manner they would consider most appropriate, to reopen the channels of dialogue among the states in question.”

Reference: E-107/06