Morning Star.png Colombia: President Hopes for Early Truce with FARC The Morning Star, London, 30 October 2015 Colombia's president has called for accelerated talks with Marxist rebels with the goal of establishing a ceasefire by Christmas. In a speech on Wednesday, President Juan Manuel Santos said that he was willing to call a truce with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) before the agreed March deadline for a peace agreement. "Why don't we give a good Christmas or new year gift to the country?" he said. "The political will exists, at least for my part, and these are the instructions I've given to the negotiators so we can proceed in that direction." Mr Santos had previously insisted that no ceasefire could be declared until a final agreement to end the 50-year war was signed. The FARC declared a unilateral ceasefire on July 20 in a bid to reach a deal at talks in the Cuban capital Havana. The government, in turn, pledged to "de-escalate" its military campaign against the rebels, although that fell short of a formal ceasefire. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-6890-Colombia-President-hopes-for-early -truce-with-Farc#.VjMtPLcrK00 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
