UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has praised the “total commitment” of Colombia’s Government and former FARC rebels to peace- building, as the military blamed a smaller rebel group for bombing an oil pipeline.
“A peace-building process is not easy,” Guterres said yesterday during a visit to an area where former fighters of the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are being reintegrated in civilian life. The government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC signed a peace deal in November 2016 to end their half- century conflict.