Colombian gov't, FARC agree to speed up peace talks (2)

Источник:Xinhua    10:57.15/01/2013

Luciano Marin Arango (L), also known as Ivan Marquez, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) chief negotiator and second in command, reads a press release during his arrival at the Convention Palace to resume peace talks with representatives of Colombia's Government, in Havana, Cuba, on Jan. 14, 2013. (Xinhua/Joaquin Hernandez)

FARC's head negotiator Ivan Marquez told the press that the unilateral ceasefire his organization announced at the start of talks would end on Jan. 20 as originally stated, "and no more."

"Instead of so much rhetoric, let's begin with concrete proposals to see how we progress. We want to reach an understanding soon," he said.

He also urged the government to stop delaying finding "solutions to the serious problem of large estates and the dispossession of land."

He added that the FARC would study the proposals gathered recently at a rural development forum held in Bogota, Colombia's capital city.

The government and the country's largest rebel group are in their fourth attempt to end their bloody conflicts that have claimed 600,000 lives since 1964.

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