Arms deadline extension agreed by Farc and Colombia
Arms deadline extension agreed by Farc and Colombia: Extra 20 days have been allotted by the President Juan Manuel Santos during a televised speech.
According to a peace agreement signed between the government, which was signed last year all weapons had to be surrendered by Tuesday, 30th, May, 2017.
According to the Farc commanders they had said that they could not meet the original deadline because of delays in building special camps to house demobilised fighters.
The deal which was reached after four years of talks in Cuba, says that about 7,000 fighters in 26 transition zones were to have handed their arms to the UN by 30 May.
President Santos on Monday 29th, May, 2017 said that”In a joint agreement with the United Nations and the Farc, we have agreed that the arms hand-over will not end tomorrow as had been planned, but instead within 20 days” the President further added that “The change in date does not in any way affect the firm decision and clear commitment of the government and the Farc to comply with the accord.”
According President Santos the time that the rebels would be allowed to stay in the demobilisation camps would be extended to 1st, August, 2017.
After the deadline all fighters must start their reintegration process into civil society.
Earlier in the month, the first group to complete the disarmament process had received certificates from the UN mission at a ceremony in Bogota.
After Farc signed the peace agreement, thousands of rebels have handed over their weapons.
More than five decades of conflict had been ended after the deal.
President Santos was awarded last year’s Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to reach a deal with the Farc.
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