News agency Anncol, closely linked to the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), branded as naïve French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who on Thursday sent a medical mission to Colombia to provide assistance to Ingrid Betancourt.
 
"Even for an unilateral hostage release you need the parties to agree upon some sort of mechanism, to ensure security at least. It is strange that President Nicolas Sarkozy is so naïve an that the International Committee of the Red Cross is accompanying him in such a dangerous adventure," Anncol said in a document published on the Internet.

A plane carrying the medical mission sent by Sarkozy arrived early Thursday in Bogota, as part of a plan to provide assistance to the French-Colombian politician, who is facing a serious health condition as well as other hostages held by the FARC, AFP reported.

Anncol also stressed that France's proposal should be distrusted.

People should not forget "that France is a capitalist country, with a rightwing president, and is a member of NATO, and that we do not know how sincere it is. We have to remember that countries have interests rather than friends," said Anncol.