Foreign Ministers seek Colombian-Venezuelan Presidential meeting

www.vheadline.com Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

Venezuelan Foreign (MRE) Minister Roy Chaderton Matos and his Colombian counterpart Carolina Barco are working to set up a Presidential meeting between Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez Frias and Colombia's Alvaro Uribe.

The purpose of the meeting will primarily be to calm down the rising level of rhetoric between the two countries as tensions have been mounting over claims that Colombian guerilla groups have been allowed to enter Venezuela.

The Venezuelan government has strongly denied these allegations, however it has pointed out that it would be almost impossible to patrol the entire length of the 1,400 kilometer long border.

The date of the meeting is so far unclear, but it does appear that the talks will take place in Venezuela.