“We have had two years of media campaigns against [Ecuador], trying to link our government with the FARC, which has been completely distorted. There are many criticisms and it is possible that there is a lot of proof of manipulation of the information,” .
The minister added that following the media campaign, it is Ecuador’s “right” to view the evidence that Colombia claims backs up its allegations.
Ecuadorean Defense Minister Javier Ponce said he was confident that Bogota’s accusations would be thrown out with the trash.
“We have absolute confidence in our acts and we believe that this material will not even remotely reveal these type of affirmations and accusations,” Ponce said.
an interview with W Radio that Ecuador is disposed to re-establish ties with Colombia, now that the files have been handed over.