Colombia Moves Forward
To Conduct Dialogue With
FARC
Colombia's High
Commissioner for Peace
Luis Carlos Restrepo
said Sunday that the
first step has been
taken toward achieving a
direct dialogue with the
rebel Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC).
"Evidently the
government has started
to take the first step
and we have set a
schedule for conducting
the dialogue," Restrepo
told local radio station
Radio Caracol.
He added that once
FARC's will to have
direct dialogue with the
government is confirmed,
they would launch the
plan for promoting
peace.
Established in the
1960s, FARC is the
largest anti-government
guerrilla group in
Colombia. Colombian
President Alvaro Uribe
has made clear his
determination to destroy
the group.
On July 2, Colombian
army rescued 15 hostages
held by FARC, including
former presidential
candidate Ingrid
Betancourt, three U.S.
advisers and 11
Colombian soldiers in an
"unprecedented"
operation in the
southern Colombian
province of Guaviare.
|
