Ultimatum by President Santos rebels
The President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos has stepped up its pressure on the rebels of the organization Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to safeguard the commitment to sign the final peace agreement on 23 March, which will mark the end of an armed conflict lasting more half a century.
"Time is pressing for the conclusion of negotiations. The date of March 23, in which the president of the republic had agreed and the administration of the Farc, is less than five weeks, "yesterday apologies Santos from the Guajira in northern Colombia, criticizing while a visit without the permission of the authorities did officers rebel one days earlier, speaking about an attempt "proselytism".
The second in command of the Farc, Ivan Marquez and other representatives of the rebels in peace talks in Havana, appeared guarded by hundreds of uniformed, armed rebels, during a public event in a village in the region.
"What happened yesterday here in Guajira is unacceptable and contrary to what we are seeking the peace process: the final rupture of relations between the guns and politics," said President Santos.
"What happened yesterday will not be repeated. I will not allow, in any guise and under any condition! "He said, denouncing a" formidable blow to confidence in the negotiations. "
"I want to be clear: I will not allow (the rebels) to make policy with weapons in his hands," added the Colombian president.
Santos ordered Thursday to suspend negotiators visited the FARC rebel camps in Colombia, adopted last year in order to enable them to provide explanations for the ongoing peace negotiations.
The leadership of the FARC responded by calling the kolomvianiki government to agree to "a coordinated way arrangement" of "unjustified war" caused by the presence of a delegation of the organization in Colombian territory, which led to the suspension of the visits.
In "this period in which the possibility of signing a final peace agreement is more powerful," it is fitting "to be arranged in a coordinated way every obstacle that can occur," claimed the leadership of the rebels in a statement which was posted on its website .
The government and the FARC - an organization founded in 1964, following an uprising of farmers, and now has, according to authorities, about 7,000 machites- out from the November 2012 peace negotiations in Havana, Cuba, according to the Athens Press Agency .
Last September, Santos and the leader of Farc, the Timoleon Jimenez or "Tymoshenko" had committed to sign the final peace agreement by 23 March. The Agreement provides for the disarmament of rebels within 60 days from signing.
At the same time, the government of Santos began in January 2014 a preparatory dialogue with a view to opening negotiations with the National Liberation Army (ELN), the second most powerful guerrilla organization of Colombia, which has at Bogota about 1,500 fighters. But these confidential talks seem to have been frozen for months.
In complex armed conflict in Colombia, lasting decades, involved guerrillas of the left, right-wing paramilitaries, the army and security services, and drug traffickers. The war has killed at least 220,000 people, tens of thousands of others are considered "missing", while six million people have been displaced, according to official figures.
The President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos has stepped up its pressure on the rebels of the organization Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to safeguard the commitment to sign the final peace agreement on 23 March, which will mark the end of an armed conflict lasting more half a century.
"Time is pressing for the conclusion of negotiations. The date of March 23, in which the president of the republic had agreed and the administration of the Farc, is less than five weeks, "yesterday apologies Santos from the Guajira in northern Colombia, criticizing while a visit without the permission of the authorities did officers rebel one days earlier, speaking about an attempt "proselytism".
The second in command of the Farc, Ivan Marquez and other representatives of the rebels in peace talks in Havana, appeared guarded by hundreds of uniformed, armed rebels, during a public event in a village in the region.
"What happened yesterday here in Guajira is unacceptable and contrary to what we are seeking the peace process: the final rupture of relations between the guns and politics," said President Santos.
"What happened yesterday will not be repeated. I will not allow, in any guise and under any condition! "He said, denouncing a" formidable blow to confidence in the negotiations. "
"I want to be clear: I will not allow (the rebels) to make policy with weapons in his hands," added the Colombian president.
Santos ordered Thursday to suspend negotiators visited the FARC rebel camps in Colombia, adopted last year in order to enable them to provide explanations for the ongoing peace negotiations.
The leadership of the FARC responded by calling the kolomvianiki government to agree to "a coordinated way arrangement" of "unjustified war" caused by the presence of a delegation of the organization in Colombian territory, which led to the suspension of the visits.
In "this period in which the possibility of signing a final peace agreement is more powerful," it is fitting "to be arranged in a coordinated way every obstacle that can occur," claimed the leadership of the rebels in a statement which was posted on its website .
The government and the FARC - an organization founded in 1964, following an uprising of farmers, and now has, according to authorities, about 7,000 machites- out from the November 2012 peace negotiations in Havana, Cuba, according to the Athens Press Agency .
Last September, Santos and the leader of Farc, the Timoleon Jimenez or "Tymoshenko" had committed to sign the final peace agreement by 23 March. The Agreement provides for the disarmament of rebels within 60 days from signing.
At the same time, the government of Santos began in January 2014 a preparatory dialogue with a view to opening negotiations with the National Liberation Army (ELN), the second most powerful guerrilla organization of Colombia, which has at Bogota about 1,500 fighters. But these confidential talks seem to have been frozen for months.
In complex armed conflict in Colombia, lasting decades, involved guerrillas of the left, right-wing paramilitaries, the army and security services, and drug traffickers. The war has killed at least 220,000 people, tens of thousands of others are considered "missing", while six million people have been displaced, according to official figures.
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