Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday said his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez was the "great peacemaker" in the conflict that erupted following a Colombian military attack against a camp of the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) in Ecuadorian territory on March 1st.

"Who was the great peacemaker in the Colombia-Ecuador conflict? It was precisely President Chávez. Therefore, I would like to congratulate the former guerrilla man now turned into a pacifier," said Lula da Silva during a news conference he offered together with Chávez in Recife, Brazil, DPA reported.
 
"During several days, headlines all over the world made reference to the war between Colombia and Venezuela, and the great peacemaker in the conflict between Colombia and Ecuador was President Chávez himself," said Lula.