Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that he held a telephone conversation with Ingrid Betancourt, encouraging her to continue to work for a humanitarian agreement.
French-Colombian Betancourt was freed recently after spending over six years in captivity with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
"I talked to Ingrid and wished her long life and happiness, and we sent this message of peace to Colombia because we are children of the same native land, children of Bolivar and of liberty," Chavez said when presiding over a graduation ceremony of the Aviation School in Maracay.
During the conversation, Chavez praised Betancourt as an "intelligent and brave woman."
"We will count on her to continue the humanitarian agreement, the liberation of all the people deprived from their freedom and the establishment of the peace dialogues," Chavez said.
Chavez will meet with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday in the state of Falcon, in a bid to ease the tension caused by their difference on the issue of guerrilla groups.
Source:Xinhua
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