Robert Flello – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Flello on 2016-03-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2016 to Question 22703, what assessment his Department has made of progress in discussions between the Colombian government and the FARC on end of conflict issues.

Mr Hugo Swire

Talks continue in Havana and both sides are working to meet the 23 March deadline. However, the priority is reaching a sustainable agreement, not the exact date.

Alongside negotiations on the implementation of the peace deal, discussions on end of conflict issues are one of the two negotiating
points that are still to be decided. We continue to support Colombia on this important issue.