Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said that a ceasefire with FARC rebels will end on 31 October, as both sides scramble to find a solution to the half-century conflict after voters rejected a peace deal.
"I hope we can move forward... to realise the necessary agreement to find a solution to this conflict," Mr Santos said yesterday in a televised address from the presidential palace.
In a vote that confounded opinion polls and was a disaster for Mr Santos, Colombians narrowly rebuffed the pact on Sunday as too lenient on the rebels.
Lead negotiators Humberto de la Calle and Sergio Jaramillo were back at a Havana convention centre yesterday meeting counterparts from FARC to see what the rebels are willing to do, the government said.
The Cuban capital had been the venue since 2012 for talks between the two sides that reached an accord to end Colombia's 52-year war, which has killed around a quarter of a million people.
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5/10/16
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"I hope we can move forward... to realise the necessary agreement to find a solution to this conflict," Mr Santos said yesterday in a televised address from the presidential palace.
In a vote that confounded opinion polls and was a disaster for Mr Santos, Colombians narrowly rebuffed the pact on Sunday as too lenient on the rebels.
Lead negotiators Humberto de la Calle and Sergio Jaramillo were back at a Havana convention centre yesterday meeting counterparts from FARC to see what the rebels are willing to do, the government said.
The Cuban capital had been the venue since 2012 for talks between the two sides that reached an accord to end Colombia's 52-year war, which has killed around a quarter of a million people.
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5/10/16
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