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No risk of war with neighbours-Colombian official
06 Mar 2008 09:08:20 GMT
Source: Reuters
BRUSSELS, March 6 (Reuters) - Colombian Vice-President Francisco Santos said on Thursday he saw no risk of war with Venezuela or Ecuador despite miliitary mobilisation in a dispute over Colombian FARC rebels.

"I don't think there is a risk of war. The Colombian government has been very clear it won't use force," Santos told Reuters in an interview on a visit to Brussels for talks with EU leaders. "It won't fall into the game of provocation."

Venezuela deployed tanks and air and sea forces towards the Colombian border on Wednesday in what it called a defensive move after a weekend raid by Colombian forces killed a FARC leader inside another South American neighbour, Ecuador. (Reporting by William Schomberg, writing by Paul Taylor)


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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) greets Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa at Miraflores Palace during a news conference in Caracas March 5, 2008. Venezuela deployed tanks and air and sea forces toward ...



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