The French government valued positively on Tuesday everything that helps release the hostages held by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), such as an appeal previously made by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
 
France views as "positive anything that helps find a humanitarian solution to free the hostages, particularly Colombian-French Ingrid Betancourt," said the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pascale Andréani, when queried about Chávez's comments.
 
Last Sunday, the Venezuelan president asked the FARC, particularly Alfonso Cano, the new guerrilla leader and successor of deceased Manuel Marulanda, to release the hostages "for nothing."