We have confirmed that V589Sgr is a symbiotic star;
A spectral type of M4 III was derived for the cool component;
A distance of 8 kpc was found for the system.
Acknowledgements
We thank the referee, Dr. D. Kilkenny, for useful comments about
a first version of this manuscript. This work was supported by Grant
Fondecyt 1000324 and DI UdeC 99.11.28-1.
