The Brazilian government on Thursday welcomed the release of two women hostages by the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) .
"We are glad because what was essential was accomplished: the success of the humanitarian operation," said Marco Aurelio Garcia, the president's foreign policy adviser, who was on the Venezuela-led mission to pick up the hostages in the Colombian jungle.
The release will allow the peace talks between FARC and Colombian government to advance, he said.
He also praised the role played by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe in securing their release. Consuelo Gonzalez and Clara Rojas, who were released on Thursday, have been taken to Venezuela, he said.
Rojas was an aide to presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt in February 2002 when the two were kidnapped on the campaign trail. FARC guerillas had earlier pledged to free her together with her son Emmanuel, who was born during Rojas' captivity.
Consuelo Gonzalez, a former congresswoman, was abducted in September 2001.
Source:Xinhua
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