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| President Santos: Colombia may miss peace deal deadline | President Santos: Colombia may miss peace deal deadline |
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| BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos acknowledged Wednesday that his government may miss a fast-approaching deadline to sign a peace deal with rebels and end the main part of the country’s decades-long conflict. | BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos acknowledged Wednesday that his government may miss a fast-approaching deadline to sign a peace deal with rebels and end the main part of the country’s decades-long conflict. |
| “I’m not going to sign a bad agreement to meet a date,” Santos said at a public event. It was his first public statement acknowledging that the two sides may miss the March 23 deadline. | |
| Santos says if the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have not come up with an acceptable deal, they will simply set a new deadline. | Santos says if the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have not come up with an acceptable deal, they will simply set a new deadline. |
| The two sides have come to agreements on many key issues in recent months during talks in Havana, but still have to hammer out a plan for disarming the guerrillas. A smaller rebel group has not joined the talks. | The two sides have come to agreements on many key issues in recent months during talks in Havana, but still have to hammer out a plan for disarming the guerrillas. A smaller rebel group has not joined the talks. |
| Because of the progress, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed veteran U.N. envoy Jean Arnault of France to head the new U.N. political mission in Colombia that will monitor and verify a future cease-fire. The announcement was made Wednesday. | Because of the progress, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed veteran U.N. envoy Jean Arnault of France to head the new U.N. political mission in Colombia that will monitor and verify a future cease-fire. The announcement was made Wednesday. |
| Arnault has been leading U.N. preparations for deployment of the mission and has been working closely with negotiating teams for the government and the rebels on a sub-commission dealing with issues on ending Latin America’s longest-running guerrilla conflict. | Arnault has been leading U.N. preparations for deployment of the mission and has been working closely with negotiating teams for the government and the rebels on a sub-commission dealing with issues on ending Latin America’s longest-running guerrilla conflict. |
| Arnault previously led U.N. missions in Georgia, Afghanistan, Burundi and Guatemala. | Arnault previously led U.N. missions in Georgia, Afghanistan, Burundi and Guatemala. |
| Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |