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Insulza reiterates that no information exists about new terrorist centers in the region

  March 3, 2007

On the occasion of the seventh regular session of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), held recently in Panama, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, offered remarks to the press on the subject of the meeting. In this regard, the Secretary General clarifies that his intention “was to reassure the public regarding the nonexistence, as far as our information is concerned, about new centers of terrorism in the region.”

Insulza added that “in general, these comments were reported correctly; however, due to the interpretation given by some media sources to a reference I made to the situation in the Paraguay-Brazil-Argentina Triple Frontier, I must reiterate that no information exists at the OAS that would affirm the presence of terrorist activity or organization in that border region.”

Reference: E-070/07