Colombia president orders end to bombing raids on FARC rebels

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http://www.dw.com/en/colombia-president-orders-end-to-bombing-raids-on-farc-rebels/a-18607878

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has ordered an end to bombing raids on FARC guerrillas as a conciliatory move in Latin America's longest-running insurgency. Peace talks restarted in Cuba last week.

Colombia president orders end to bombing raids on FARC rebels
26.07.2015

At a military event in the seaside town of Cartagena on Saturday, President Juan Manuel Santos said the move was in response to Monday's decision by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to observe a unilateral cease fire.

"I have issued the order to stop as of today bombing raids against camps where there are members of that group," Santos said.

But Santos added that the ban on aerial bombings could be lifted if the FARC camps posed a risk to civilians or infrastructure targets. Military air strikes were resumed in April after FARC guerrillas allegedly killed eleven soldiers.

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Talks in Cuba

Talks being hosted in Cuba between the government and guerrillas restarted on Thursday to try to bring to an end Latin America's oldest insurgency which has been going on for more than 40 years at the cost of more than 200,000 lives.