Peruvian Ends Boycott of Drug Summit
President Alan Garcia said Friday he will attend the Feb. 15 anti-drug summit with President Bush in Colombia, reversing his decision to boycott the meeting.
Garcia said he decided to go after Bush announced his intention Wednesday to withdraw by the end of the month troops sent to Panama to remove Gen. Manual A. Noriega from power in December.
Garcia had pulled out of the meeting after the troops landed, saying, “I cannot meet with the leader of an invading nation.”
Presidents Virgilio Barco Vargas of Colombia and Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia are also set to attend the summit in Cartagena, Colombia, that will discuss strategies to fight drug trafficking.
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