Luis Trigo, the Bolivian Armed Forces Commander in Chief warned on Friday the Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and the international community that the armed forces of Bolivia reject "any foreign intervention of any kind, wherever they be from."

Bolivia's armed forces "will not allow any foreign soldier or armed force to set foot on our soil," Trigo added during a press conference, where he read out a statement together with other military leaders, EFE reported.

Chávez has said on Thursday that putschists would be given the green light to any armed movement in Bolivia, if his counterpart the President Evo Morales "was toppled" or "assassinated."

"To the President of Venezuela, Mr. Hugo Chávez, and to the international community, we say that the armed forces emphatically reject any foreign intervention of any kind," said General Trigo in his statement.