Ecuador, Peru deal for ending border dispute

8220;Both of our countries have won because we8217;ve won peace,8221; Fujimori said after Peru8217;s National Defense Council met to analyse the deal, of which Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso is considered the architect.Peru and Ecuador fought border wars in 1941, 1981 and for four weeks in 1995, over a 78 kilometer 48 mile stretch of remote jungle-covered hills in the Condor mountains. The most recent violence left about 100 dead on the two sides.

Ecuador won access to the Amazon River, received the right to build two settlements on the river8217;s banks, and for Peru torebuild the Zarumilla canal, he said.

The deal, which was made public in both Lima and Quito, would leave the two nations8217; common border fixed, while Peru will cede a one kilometer square area 0.4 square mile, known as Tiwinza, to Ecuador as private property, without relinquishing sovereignty.