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Venezuela Rejects U.S. Mediation In Dispute
With Colombia
CARACAS - The Venezuelan government rejected
on Wednesday a U.S. proposal to mediate in a
dispute between Venezuela and Colombia over
Colombia's military cooperation agreement
with the United States.
"The mediation proposal has a clear aim of
deviating the attention of its primary
responsibility in the crisis and it is rude
for the people of the world who are aware of
it," the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said in
a statement.
The ministry said that the best way for the
United States to collaborate on this issue
is to stop intending to make Colombia an
operational base for its regional strategy
to dominate and control the countries in
South America."
Venezuela said that the agreement signed
between the United States and Colombia on
Oct. 30 this year allows a disproportionate
military presence of U.S. troops in
Colombian territory, and this brings
uncertainty to the South American region.
"These arguments (fight against drug
trafficking and terrorism) are false and do
not dissipate the doubt and questions, with
the establishment of equipment for the
electronic war, tasks of intelligence,
military officers and staff of security
contractor companies," the ministry added.
According to the statement the real
arguments of the United States is to
threaten the left-wing governments in Latin
America, despite the fact that the agreement
does not include actions in other countries,
neither prohibits them.
Finally, the Foreign Ministry said the
Unites States military presence in Iraq and
at the Colombian border with Ecuador has
violated the Charter of the United Nations
and other aspects of the international law.
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