Lula confirms 'logistics' support for Bolivia against armed groups

[Judi Lynn]

Lula confirms 'logistics' support for Bolivia against armed groups
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:56:01 GMT
DPA

Brasilia - Brazil is to provide "logistics" support to Bolivia, to dismantle armed groups in the northern province of Pando, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday. Lula, however, made it clear that Brazil will not be sending troops to its Andean neighbour.

"Do not even think of a Brazilian interference in Bolivia, much less troops," Lula said in an exclusive interview with state television channel TV Brasil that was set to be aired later Wednesday.

He explained that Bolivian President Evo Morales had requested such assistance, and that it would probably probably involve the sale of trucks and buses for the Bolivian Army and in the surveillance of the common border by the Brazilian Federal Police.

"We will try to see whether the Brazilian motor vehicle industry can produce - and quite fast - some trucks for Bolivia," Lula explained.

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