CARACAS (Agencies) -- Venezuela said Sunday that it was restoring full diplomatic ties with Colombia that were broken off in a regional crisis sparked by a cross-border Colombian attack on a leftist rebel camp in Ecuador, AP reported.

The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said it was reopening its embassy in Colombia and will allow back Colombian diplomats it expelled last week. It cited an easing of tensions at a summit in the Dominican Republic on Friday, where President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa shook hands with Colombia's U.S.-backed leader, Alvaro Uribe, after a tense debate.
Venezuela described the reconciliation as a ""victory for peace and sovereignty.""
Chavez ordered the Venezuelan embassy in Bogota closed and sent troops to the border with Colombia after Uribe's government carried out a March 1 strike in Ecuador that killed 25 people including Raul Reyes, a spokesman and top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
Venezuela also said it was expelling Colombia's ambassador and all diplomatic personnel.
Uribe apologized for the raid and pledged not to violate another nation's sovereignty again. A joint statement issued at the summit also committed all the countries to fighting threats to national stability from ""irregular or criminal groups,"" a reference to Colombia's accusation that its two neighbors have ties to rebels.
For more than four decades the FARC has been battling to topple successive Colombian governments, with the stated goal of seizing power and more equitably distributing the wealth.
Last fall, Uribe canceled Chavez's role in mediating toward a possible swap of hundreds of imprisoned FARC guerrillas for dozens of rebel-held hostages, including three U.S. military contractors and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, a dual French citizen.
The move set off a war of words between the two countries. The FARC has since released six hostages directly to Chavez.
Following Colombia's raid on the FARC camp March 1, Chavez q uickly rose to the defense of Correa.
Colombia must make sure neighboring countries are never again affected by its war against the leftist guerrilla group FARC, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said on Sunday, Reuters reported.
In an interview with Argentine daily Clarin, Correa said the timing of restoring relations with Bogota would depend on the actions of the Colombian government.
""Let's not be confused, the problem isn't Ecuador, Peru or Brazil, the problem is Colombia. We're a neutral country that suffers from this conflict,"" he was quoted as saying.
""(Colombian President Alvaro) Uribe wanted to accuse us of conspiracy and of harboring who he calls terrorists. It's an insult,"" he said. ""We're the victims. Uribe must guarantee that neighbors don't find themselves involved in this.""
In relation to security along the porous border shared by the two countries, Correa called on Colombia to do more.
""Colombia must do more, and if not allow an international peace mission,"" he told the newspaper.