Colombian government and the Farc
rebel group have agreed to give rebel fighters more time to disarm.
In a televised speech, President
Juan Manuel Santos said the group had been granted an extra 20 days.
Under a peace agreement signed late
last year, all weapons had to be surrendered to the UN by today.
Farc commanders had argued that they
could not meet the original deadline because of delays in building special
camps to house demobilised fighters.
According to the deal, which was
reached after four years of talks in Cuba, about 7,000 fighters in 26
transition zones were to have handed their arms to the UN by May 30.
President Santos also said that the
time that the rebels would be allowed to stay in the demobilisation camps would
be extended to August 1. After that, all fighters must start their
reintegration process into civil society.
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