Peace talks between Farc rebels and the Colombian government have resumed, after air raids by the government killed over 20 rebels earlier in the week.
A Farc negotiator refused to comment on how the strikes, just few days after the first phase concluded, will affect the talks, reported the BBC.
The government has ruled out a truce, while the rebels are still abiding by a unilateral ceasefire, declared last month.
President Juan Manuel Santos has set November 2013 as the deadline to reach an agreement and said that the government will continue to attack rebel positions until a final treaty, renouncing the armed, struggle is signed.
The leftist guerrillas have said that no deadline can be set as the issues that are being addressed are too complex.
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