translate English to French: He noted that when Central America faced war and turmoil in the 1980's, Europe was close but now that peace has come a certain distance has developed. "We never imagined that in crossing the threshold of peace, we would enter the kingdom of oblivion," he told MEPs.
Rappelant le rôle de l’Europe pour mettre fin, vingt ans auparavant, aux guerres en Amérique centrale, il a regretté que « les relations entre Europe et Amérique Centrale, si intenses en temps de guerre, se sont distendues en temps de paix ».