The US Department of State Thursday reiterated its backing to Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and said Venezuelan ruler Hugo Chávez's remarks on the status of the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) are not "the most sensible."

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack was referring to remarks made on Wednesday in Managua by President Hugo Chávez regarding the FARC.

On Wednesday, Chávez said that "this conflict (in Colombia) doesn't have a military solution. We have to look for a political solution.'' In this sense, McCormack ratified that the US supports Uribe and "his efforts to deal with the organization (FARC)."

"In terms of his success, I think we must look back to six years ago and compare with the current situation. FARC's ability to move within the territory they control has diminished dramatically," said McCormack.