Colombia and rebels agree on revised peace deal

‘Colombia’s government and the main rebel group in the country have agreed on a revised peace deal six weeks after people narrowly rejected an original agreement in a referendum.
Bogota and the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said on Saturday that they had incorporated proposals from the opposition, religious leaders and others in the revised edition of the peace deal.
“We call upon all Colombia and the international community… to back this new accord and its quick implementation so as to leave the tragedy of war in the past,” the representatives of both sides said in a statement. “Peace cannot wait anymore.”’
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