Brazil favors the release of hostages held by Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), the Ministry of Foreign Relations said Tuesday.
Calling the kidnappings "unacceptable," the ministry said in a statement that hostages who need medical care, like former Colombian senator Ingrid Betancourt, should be released promptly.
The statement highlighted the Colombian government's recent offer of amnesty to members of the guerrilla group if they agreed to free the hostages, a proposed solution that the Brazilian government believes authorities should "go deeper" into.
On March 29, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said that each FARC member who releases one hostage would be exempted from prison.
Betancourt's son, Lorenzo Delloye, publicly requested Sunday that Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva use his influence in the region to intervene in the matter.
Although the ministry emphasized that the government is watching Betancourt's situation "with growing concern," Lula has not yet shown signs that he will back away from his previous decision to only interfere in the case upon Uribe's request.
"The Brazilian government renews its permanent availability in favor of humanitarian actions that rely on support from the Colombian government," the ministry said.
Source:Xinhua
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