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

(Xinhua)

10:32, January 15, 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)

Key Words: FARC; peace talk; Columbia;

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HAVANA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian government and the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have agreed to pick up the pace of peace talks that resumed Monday in Havana, Cuba.

In a statement, the FARC urged the government to stop its "warmongering rhetoric" and "false promises" of social solutions to accelerate the negotiations aimed at ending five decades of armed conflicts in Colombia.

A day earlier, head of the government delegation and former Vice President Humberto de la Calle said the peace talks "cannot continue indefinitely" and "needed a new pace."

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said at the start of the talks that he wanted them to conclude in a year's time.

The talks, resuming after a 25-day break over the holidays, focus on agrarian reform and rural development.

The FARC emerged in a peasant uprising against the concentration of more than half of the land in Colombia in the hands of a few wealthy families.

The two sides are also expected to discuss such topics as disarmament, the rebels' reintegration, reparations for conflict victims and their families as well as drug trafficking.

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