Chief FARC negotiator to RT: ‘Nobel Prize will help drive peace talks over the line’

‘Ivan Marquez, who heads FARC’s diplomatic mission as it seeks to end its standoff with the Colombian government, admitted that guerilla leaders are heading back to the frontline following the failure of the recent peace deal referendum, but told RT he remains hopeful.
“We believe that the Nobel Peace Prize will help President Santos bring to completion the ratification of the peace, which was signed in Havana, a ratification that is currently impossible,” said Marquez, whose real name is Luciano Marin Arango, in a sit-down interview with RT in the Cuban capital. “But the most important thing is that the president finds a way to realize Colombians’ dream of a dignified existence.”’
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