Colombia is refraining from increasing the number of military officers at the borders with Venezuela and Ecuador, after these two countries ordered mobilization of troops to their boundaries with Colombia following a Colombian military incursion in Ecuadorian territory, Monday said the Colombian government.

"We have the capacity to mobilize our people, but we do not need to. Ours is a well-trained army, but we have it focused on our internal conflict," Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told radio station RCN.

"We do not believe it is necessary to make any moves, as we do not see what for or why. The Colombian people may rest reassured, because at that front we are on the lookout and there is nothing to be afraid of," he added.

Last Sunday, the presidents of Venezuela and Ecuador, Hugo Chávez and Rafael Correa, respectively, said they would deploy troops over their borders with Colombia, after Colombian troops raided Ecuadorian territory last Saturday and killed the number two man in the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), Raúl Reyes.

Santos denied claims that following such announcements Colombia has ordered mobilization of military units to the Guajira Peninsula, in the northern border with Venezuela. "We are not mobilizing troops to the border. That is not true. Some units may have moved, but this is part of mobilizations previously scheduled. Let us be calm, there is no reason to react otherwise," the official said, as quoted by AFP.

Santos adjourned a visit he was scheduled to pay to Washington on Monday, amidst the worsening of the tensions between Colombia and Ecuador and Venezuela.