Venezuela Withdraws
Troops From Colombian
Border
Venezuela began to
withdraw some 4,000
troops from its border
with Colombia on Tuesday
after the nation's
President Hugo Chavez
ordered normalization of
Venezuela-Colombia
relations.
The Venezuelan Foreign
Ministry announced the
restoration of
diplomatic ties with
Colombia on Sunday after
Ecuador and Colombia
agreed to bury their
differences Friday at
the Rio Group summit in
the Dominican Republic.
Venezuela said its
soldiers, which had been
on high alert after a
March 2 mission to the
Colombian border, were
returned to base by
Russian-made MI-26
helicopters and that its
diplomats had returned
to Colombia Monday.
Ecuador also broke off
diplomatic relations
with Colombia after
Colombian troops entered
Ecuadorian territory on
March 1 to attack a camp
of the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC).
Venezuela also condemned
the attack and sent
troops to its border
with Colombia.
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