(CNN) -- A spokesman for Colombia's president says the country has never had any intention of attacking Venezuela.
The comments came a day after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he was deploying troops toward the border in case of an invasion.
"It is a clear political deception of his own nation," Colombian presidential spokesman Cesar Mauricio Velasquez told reporters Saturday.
On Friday, Chavez said special forces were moving to 10 districts near the Colombian border to be prepared in case Colombian President Alvaro Uribe issues an invasion order before he leaves office August 7. He also said he was reviewing war plans as tensions between the two countries rises.
Colombia and Venezuela are at odds over accusations that leftist rebels have found refuge in Venezuela.
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