Colombia will 'leap into abyss' if votes against peace - negotiator


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Sep 2016

Colombia's lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle speaks to the press in Havana, December 15, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - A rejection of Colombia's peace accord in a referendum next week would be a "leap into the abyss" as it could intensify the war and cost the country a decade to get Marxist FARC rebels back to the negotiating table, the government's chief peace negotiator told Reuters.

The government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) will on Monday sign the historic accord to end a war that has dragged on for 52 years and claimed the lives of 220,000 people.

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