No risk of war with neighbors: Colombian VP

Colombian Vice-President Francisco Santos said yesterday he saw no risk of war with Venezuela or Ecuador despite military mobilization in a dispute over Colombian FARC rebels.

"I don't think there is a risk of war. The Colombian government has been very clear it won't use force," Santos said in an interview during a visit to Brussels for talks with EU officials. "It won't fall into the game of provocation."

Venezuela deployed tanks and air and sea forces towards the Colombian border on Wednesday in what it called a defensive move after a weekend raid by Colombian forces killed a FARC leader inside another South American neighbour, Ecuador.