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China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-20 07:39
'Incursion' charges rejected
Colombian authorities on Sunday rejected charges from Venezuela that their troops had crossed the frontier in the latest incident to test fraying relations between the Andean neighbors.
Venezuela over the weekend accused 60 Colombian soldiers of entering its territory in what Caracas said was a provocation that aimed to destabilize the region.
"There has been no incursion," Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told local radio, saying a river in the area would have prevented troops crossing. "It would have been practically impossible for it to happen as they say."
(China Daily 05/20/2008 page24)
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