Uruguay president confirms meeting with FARC
Source: Colombia Reports
Uruguay president confirms meeting with FARC
posted by Oliver Griffin
Aug 7, 2013
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica confirmed on Tuesday that he had met with FARC representatives while visiting Cuba, as reported by local press a few days earlier.
Mujica, himself a former guerilla fighter, stressed that he met with the FARC in order to assist in the peace talks and to monitor their progress.
The Uruguauyan president met with Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro in late July to talk about the importance of the success of the Colombian peace talks, not just for Colombia but the whole of Latin America.
In a statement to the press, Mr Mujica said that “Mercosur must give full support to the peace process. We cannot be neutral towards the peace process because it is a common cause.”
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