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Colombian ambassador to the OAS suspects that Venezuela extracts uranium
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Petroleumworld.com 09 12 06Camilo Ospina, current ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) and ex Defense Minister, said that Venezuela has two mines were it has plans extract uranium, DPA reported.
The two mines lie at 400 kilometers to the border on Arauca Department (northeast Colombia), said Ospina.
Venezuela has two fronts to work the raw uranium, Ospina said.
"There are two factories, a bicycle plant and a motorcycle plant. Both of them are a front to extract uranium," the Ospina, was quoted by Colombian TV show Noticias Uno.
The diplomat remarks were made during a conference delivered in a Bogotá university one and a half month ago, when he was getting ready to travel to Washington as the Bogotá ambassador before OAS.
The diplomat expressed concern about Venezuela starting to enrich the uranium extracted. "It could be a real problem" for Colombia, he said.
"Venezuela has not the capacity to enrich uranium, but Iran has. If this were to happen, we will have troubles indeed," the Colombian ambassador regretted.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to hold talks next week in Venezuela.
Venezuela's president Chavez has also backed Iran's controversial nuclear programme and Tehran's right to enrich uranium, saying that Caracas will stand by its fellow OPEC member in all circumstances.
Petroleumworld 11 09 06
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