Clara Rojas and Consuelo González de Perdomo, who were kidnapped six years ago, were released Thursday by the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Bogota told AFP.

"We want to confirm that Clara Rojas and Consuelo González de Perdomo were freed at the X point," said the spokesman for the ICRC in Bogota Yves Heller.

"It appears that they are traveling to Venezuel, but we do not know their exact destination," Heller added.

He stressed that the rescue operation was conducted smoothly, under stringent security measures.