MEXICO CITY, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican government is examining the origin and truthfulness of alleged threats from the terrorist network Al Qaida, to nations that supply oil to the United States, the president's public relations coordinator said on Wednesday.

    The official, Maximiliano Cortazar, said he did not wish to anticipate what the nation's final response would be.

    An organization calling itself the Arabian Peninsula Al Qaida Organization made the threat on a web page of the electronic newspaper Saut al Jihad (Voice of the Holy War). The message called on supporters to attack oil facilities in Mexico, Venezuelaand Canada, because they supply oil to the United States.

    Mexico's tourism minister, Rodolfo Elizondo, said that the threat was no more worrying than many others, and he would wait for further information.

    Carlos Abascal, acting general secretary of the National ActionParty, said that Mexico was ready to prevent possible terrorist attacks, and also that Mexico has no reason to break relations with any nation based on the Al Qaida threats.