Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Colombia and Farc agree to extend arms deadline




   

    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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