Kalu
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:07 pm Post subject: Colombia-Venezuela resolve problem over FARC leader capture |
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Quote: Presidents Alvaro Uribe and Hugo Chavez will meet on 3 February in an attempt to improve relations, it said.
"The Colombian government issues this communique, which has been agreed with the government of the sister Republic of Venezuela," a statement from the Colombian president's office said.
"Based on this agreement, the incident is over."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4217747.stm
To sum up the situation:
A few weeks ago, Rodrigo Granda, a senior leader of FARC (leftist rebel group that has been fighting with the Colombian gov't.) was captured by the Colombians. The Colombian gov't. stated that he had been captured in Cucuta, a border town next to the Colombian-Venezuelan border.
Pres. Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, however, said Granda had been captured in Venezuela. Soon after, Colombia admitted that Granda had actually been captured in Caracas, Venezuela, with the help of bounty hunters and had then been taken to Colombia.
There was a diplomatic row, and Chavez cut off commercial ties and suspended a gas pipeline project with Colombia. |
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