Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana asked Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for an explanation about the charges made by Eloy Velasco, the judge of the Spanish National Court, on the alleged "government cooperation" provided by the Venezuelan government to ETA and the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), including a plot to kill Pastrana and current Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, news agency Europa Press quoted.

"If Venezuela is sheltering today FARC and ETA members, logically the reaction will not come only from the Spanish government, today as president of the Union. The European Union will eventually ask the government of Venezuela for an explanation, because all the countries of the EU have labeled the FARC as terrorists or it is in their list of terrorists. Therefore, it is a topic that President Chávez should explain pretty soon, very clearly, very specifically and very straightforwardly due to these accusations," Pastrana said during a telephone conversation with the news agency.

According to Pastrana, the indictment of the judge of the Spanish National Court is "very concerning," because "for the first time" the Spanish Judiciary has "clear evidence" of the relationship between the Basque and Colombian terrorist organizations, which were formerly rumors.