Colombia–Ecuador relations
Present-day Colombia and Ecuador trace back established official diplomatic relations to December 8, 1832, with the signing of the Treaty of Pasto, in which both countries recognized each other as sovereign states.The accusation was based on the information provided by the Ecuadorian army in the bombed area, describing what Correa later called a "massacre".The Organization of American States authorized the Colombia-Ecuador Good Offices Mission to promote the re-establishment of trust among the two governments through confidence building measures and prevent and verify any border incidents.Chávez ordered ten Venezuelan national guard battalions to the Colombia-Venezuela border and closed its embassy in Bogotá.The Ecuadorian and Colombian presidents Rafael Correa and Álvaro Uribe agreed to restore low-level diplomatic relations at the level of Chargé d'Affaires immediately and without preconditions on June 6, 2008, following individual communications with and under a deal brokered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.