Colombia's Santos calls for deadline on FARC peace talks


  • World
  • Saturday, 18 Apr 2015

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos speaks to the media during the arrival of his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-Hye at the presidential palace in Bogota, April 17, 2015. Park is in Colomb for a two-day official visit. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday warned that the country's patience with Marxist FARC rebels is wearing thin and that the peace process to end five decades of war must have a deadline.

Two days after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) broke a unilateral ceasefire, ambushing and killing 11 soldiers in rural Cauca province, Santos pledged to remain at the negotiating table with the rebels but called for a timeline.

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