Colombia’s peace agreement is “the path to lasting peace,” says the United States

The peace agreement in Colombia signed five years ago is “the path to lasting peace,” he said Wednesday USA, which applauds the demobilization of the FARC, because it “creates opportunities for peaceful participation” in politics, and parliamentary seats reserved for victims, because it gives them a “voice.”

This agreement “represents the path to lasting peace,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

“The demobilization and reintegration of 13,000 ex-combatants in communities of Colombia it created opportunities for peaceful participation in the Colombian political process, ”the text states, when an agreement that ended one of the most cruel conflicts in the Americas has been completed for five years.

Colombia’s commitment to include 16 seats for the victims of the conflict in the legislative elections of March 2022 “will fulfill another priority” of the agreement, giving them “a voice in Colombian democracy,” he adds.

state United, which intends to withdraw the Revolutionary Armed Forces from Colombia (FARC) from its black list of foreign terrorist organizations, also congratulated the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, the court that judges the worst crimes of the conflict, for “bringing justice and reparation” to the victims and the Truth Commission “for to summon opportunities for dialogue and reconciliation ”.

The work carried out in the areas affected by the conflict “opened the door to a more economically vibrant, egalitarian and stable region,” said Blinken, who hopes to continue with “close cooperation for a lasting peace.”

Although it significantly reduced violence, the pact with the former FARC did not completely extinguish the conflict. Drug trafficking and illegal mining feed new or old forces, which, according to independent estimates, number some 10,000 combatants.

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