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| FARC calls pause in peace talks |
| 2013-08-24 |
| [OMANOBSERVER] Colombia's FARC group said yesterday it was putting peace talks on pause to examine a government proposal that any peace agreement must be submitted to a national referendum. President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Thursday he was submitting legislation to Congress that would require a referendum on any peace agreement reached with the leftist fighters. "In light of this new circumstance, the FARC's peace delegation has decided to make a pause in the talks to center itself exclusively on the implications of the government proposal," FARC negotiator Pablo Catatumbo said, reading from a statement. The government and fighters have been holding peace talks in the Cuban capital Havana since November, with the aim of ending Latin America's longest insurgency. Santos said that in the event of a peace deal, Colombians should vote on it when the country goes to either legislative elections or presidential elections. |
| Posted by:Fred |