EU rejects Chavez's call to remove Colombia's FARC rebels from terrorist list [View All]

Source: AP

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union insisted Tuesday it will not take Colombia's FARC rebel group off its blacklist of terrorist organizations despite the urging of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

"The answer is 'no.' There is no reason to change our position," said EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana after talks with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

Solana said Uribe had the EU's full backing for his fight against the rebels. "The terrorists have no justification," he told reporters.



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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso appealed for the "immediate and unconditional release" of all the hostages, accusing the FARC of holding them in "inhuman" conditions.





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