paras' blog

Chavez calls Colombia and signs require Insulza said request to mediate

07/30/2010

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez today called for clear signs of Colombia to mend relations, while the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) Jose Miguel Insulza, said he will not intervene in the conflict unless requested in writing.

In its statement Sunday, "The Lines Chavez, the President stated that it must" receive clear and unequivocal signals that there, sto credits, is a real political will in the government of Colombia to resume the path of dialogue without cheating, and without forgetting that (Colombian President Alvaro) Uribe left scorched earth behind him and all the broken bridges. "

Chavez added that "expected" these signals, the government of Juan Manuel Santos, who takes office on August 7, recalling that the rupture of relations, craft of golds gold, occurred "before so many provocations and aggressions by who is the administrator of the U.S. interests in Colombia. "

Venezuela broke relations with Colombia on 22 July after the Colombian ambassador to the OAS, Luis Hoyos, revealed that in the neighboring country is sheltering about 1,500 guerrillas of the FARC and the ELN.

In an interview on Thursday and published, ffxiv gil, today in the newspaper El Tiempo, the Colombian president said he did not understand why the rebels who have settled in Venezuela are not detained.

"I do not understand that so clearly exist in the rules of international law, these terrorists have been captured," said Uribe, in the absence of two weeks to leave office after two consecutive terms of four years.

For its part, the OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, I am sure will not intervene in the conflict between the two nations in response to those allegations, unless the request involved.

"I will not act unless Colombia present their requests in writing that Venezuela stands, because this is a bilateral issue and must be resolved by the countries," Insulza said in an interview published today in the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio.

I also believe that the taking of possession of Santos is a "good opportunity" to resolve this conflict.

Beyond Chavez decides whether or not to attend the inauguration, "at the opening of a new period of now there is more dialogue and further discussions," she stated.

On the other hand, earned the ability of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to address this conflict within the body, consisting of the twelve countries of South America, and diplomatic rule out that this incident could lead to war.

According to the communication advisor to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, Agustin Armas, the Council of Ministers of the UNASUR will meet on Thursday in Quito to discuss the crisis.

The secretary-general, Nestor Kirchner of Argentina, who will receive tomorrow in Buenos Aires the elected president of Colombia, said he will work to "rediscover the governments and not affect the deep relationship between the peoples."

Meanwhile, the Brazilian government announced today it will propose to Colombia and Venezuela to cooperate in monitoring their common border as a way to resolve their conflicts.

The presidential adviser for international affairs, Marco Aurelio Garcia, said PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will put the issue on the table during visits he made to Caracas and Bogota in the first week of August.

"It is possible to render that area (the border) and transform it into a factor of peace," said Garcia in an interview with the daily Folha de Sao Paulo.

The proposal includes the use of military unmanned aerial vehicles and sets for monitoring conflict area.

Lula will attend the August 7 at the investiture of Santos and the day before were in Caracas with Chavez.

Meanwhile, the Iberoamerican Secretary General, Enrique Iglesias, said the crisis between Colombia and Venezuela "should be arranged as do two brothers in one endearing moment are losing, in conversation."

Meanwhile, reported today in different parts of the border with Colombia various concentrations of Chavez supporters, which calls for peace and harmony in the region.

In the most significant, in Guajira, in the extreme northwest of Venezuela, Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua, said the Venezuelan government maintains "the hope of restoring normal relations" with the Colombian administration.