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June 4, 2013

Colombia Minister Rules Out NATO Membership Despite President’s Talk of Closer Ties

By AP

Colombia Minister Rules Out NATO Membership Despite President’s Talk of Closer Ties

Colombia “cannot be a member, does not want to be a member of NATO”

From AP:  Colombia’s defense minister says his country has no interest in joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The comments by Juan Carlos Pinzon appear to back away from a statement by President Juan Manuel Santos that had alarmed some other South American leaders.

Pinzon told W Radio on Tuesday that Colombia “cannot be a member, does not want to be a member of NATO.”  (photo: EFE)

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