Guinea-Bissau denied Monday it had massed troops on its border with Guinea, which put its army on the alert at the weekend, citing large troop deployments on its frontier.
"We have no troops on the border with Guinea. The only elements we have is a detachment of border guards, customs agents and border police, nothing more," the head of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces, Zamora Induta, told AFP.
Guinea put its army on alert on Sunday, saying troops financed by drugs traffickers had massed along its border and were preparing to invade, state television said.
The announcement was greeted with scepticism in Guinea, ruled by a military junta since a coup last December. Opposition politicians said the announcement was an excuse for the military rulers to consolidate their grip on power ahead of promised legislative elections in October.
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