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Colombia's FARC to finish disarming on June 23: president

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Colombia's FARC to finish disarming on June 23: president

June 23, 2017 - 19:06 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Colombia's FARC rebels will complete their historic disarmament on Friday, June 23, ending half a century of war, President Juan Manuel Santos said during an official visit to France.

"This June 23, the United Nations mission in Colombia will announce that the FARC has handed over 100 percent of its weapons," Santos told an economic forum in Paris.

"Today the FARC, the most powerful and oldest guerrilla movement in Latin America, will cease to exist," he said to warm applause.

This date "changes the history of Colombia," Santos said.

The 2016 Nobel Peace laureate is in France to promote post-conflict Colombia as an investment destination.

Under a historic peace agreement reached in November 2016 with the...

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