The Colombian government halted its participation in peace talks with the FARC rebels on Friday, citing FARC's announcement of a "pause" to the talks in order to review the government's plan to put the peace deal up for a vote.
The President Juan Manuel Santos recalled the Colombian negotiating team back from Havana in Cuba where the talks were taking place.
One of the lead FARC negotiators, Pablo Catatumbo, has said in a statement:
The President Juan Manuel Santos recalled the Colombian negotiating team back from Havana in Cuba where the talks were taking place.
One of the lead FARC negotiators, Pablo Catatumbo, has said in a statement:
"The FARC has decided to pause the discussions at the table, to focus exclusively on analysing the implications of the government's proposal,"Responding to that President Santos said:
"The FARC has left the negotiating table to study the proposal and it's legitimate and valid that it should, but time is passing and the patience of the Colombian people has a limit,"
"We are going to assess their statement, their behaviour toward the government initiative [which aims] to accelerate the solution of the conflict,"
"In this process, the one who makes pauses and establishes the conditions, is not the FARC."