Quito, 15/01/2007 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, was invited for a lunch offered by the new President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, on the honour of the special guests who attended the ceremony of his investiture.

The Saharawi President started a visit to Latino America since January the 9th, which led him before Ecuador to Nicaragua where he attended the ceremony of investiture of its new President, Daniel Ortega.

One day after, Nicaragua signed a joint communiqué to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic.

The ceremony of the investiture was attended by the President of Peru, Alan García, of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chile, Michelle Bachelet, Paraguay, Nicanor Duarte Frutos, Bolivia, Evo Morales, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadi Neyad, Price of Asturias, Felipe de Borobón, President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, Deputy-President of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Deputy-President of Costa Rica, Kevin Casas Zamora, Deputy-President of Cuba, Carlos Lage, President of Haïti, René Preval, Deputy-President of Argentina, Daniel Oswaldo Scioli, Deputy-President of Panama, Samuel Lewis navarro, and the President of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe. (SPS)

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