Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Colombia: Santos sends military aides to negociate FARC ceasefires

President Juan Manuel Santos, will send a top delegation of military corps to negotiate a formal ceasefire with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Santos said during a forum for Colombia's peace celebrated in Madrid, that there will be traveling six persons from the military.

After more than two years of conversations with unevenness among Bogota and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Cuba, agreements have been reached in three points: agricultural development, political participation of the guerrillas and drug trafficking cease. 

Nevertheless, there still remain two of the most delicate aspects. "We agreed that there will be discussed simultaneously the victims topic, transitional justice, which is the major issue, and the fifth point that is in fact, the cease of the conflict by a DDR: disarmament, demobilization and reimbursement" of the guerrilla to civil life, he explains.

" The cessation the definitive fire has to be negotiated under a few very clear rules, is a complex topic ", he has affirmed. For this motive " we have decided that they should be the own active military men  those who negotiate in Havana"  said the president, assuring to have informed the armed forces about the whole process of peace " inclusive in the secret phase ".


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