Netherlands deny Hugo Chavez’s claims

The Netherlands has denied that it is allowing the United States to use Dutch Caribbean islands to prepare a possible military attack against Venezuela.



A Foreign Ministry Spokesman said The Hague had asked Venezuela\'s ambassador to clarify the claims made by President Hugo Chavez in a speech on Thursday at the climate summit in Copenhagen.



He says the US does use civilian airfields on Curacao and Aruba, but the American forces are only combating narcotic trafficking and use unarmed aircraft.



The Venezuelan leader had also described the three islands as being in his country\'s territorial waters.