Bogota, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) President Juan Manuel Santos said the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP, in Spanish), Rodrigo Londoño, will travel to Cuba as often as required to facilitate progress in the peace process, today highlighted several Colombian informative.
In a statement in New York, made late on Sunday, Santos referred to the peace process, managed by delegations of the national executive and the insurgency, and he added that such travels are being authorized.
He added that the visit to Cuba made by London last Wednesday in Havana, when the historic agreement on justice was signed, was authorized by him.
The Colombian president confirmed that the transportation was performed in a Venezuelan plane, which had his authorization and the one from the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, an accompanying country in the peace process being carried out with the FARC-EP.
'If we need to transport him again, Venezuela will help us to do so, as this is part of its contribution to facilitating dialogue between the parties', Santos said at the beginning of the meeting that took place last night at the headquarters of UN, attended by the four presidents of the Pacific Alliance, which also integrate Chile, Mexico and Peru.
It was also added that commander Londoño has direct communication with the delegates of the guerrillas in the table of dialogue and in this way, the permission to travel to Cuba is arranged, with the support of Caracas.
During this event in the Big Apple, the president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, confirmed the support of her government and declared to be satisfied with the agreement reached in the Cuban capital, on the subject of justice, between the Colombian government and the insurgency.
"We hope that in six more months we can witness the signing of the peace agreement", stated Bachelet, referring to the internal armed conflict in Colombia, which has lasted more than 50 years.
Santos will speak tomorrow morning at the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations.