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27.06.2017Colombia: Deadline for historic rebel disarmament *** ARCHIVE
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DEADLINE FOR HISTORIC REBEL DISARMAMENT
MESETAS, META PROVINCE, COLOMBIA | 27 JUNE 2017
Members of Colombia's largest rebel group are beginning the final handover of individual weapons as part of the nation's historic peace accord.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told business leaders in France that he expects the United Nations to declare that 100 percent of rebel arms have been delivered to the peacekeeping mission.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia signed a peace accord to end the region's longest-running conflict last year and is becoming a political party.
An official event marking the disarmament is scheduled for Tuesday.
The Associated Press will set up live positions in Mesetas, Colombia
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