MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the country's government have agreed on a roadmap for the clearance of minefields, particularly in the Meta and Antioquia departments, Diario de Pernambuco reports.
The deal was reached after talks between the two sides in Havana, Cuba, the Brazilian daily newspaper said on Friday, adding that the participants in the peace negotiations issued a joint statement saying that they have also discussed the technical and logistical aspects of the implementation of each phase of the demining process.
The landmine clearance process is to be supervised by an Oslo-Based nonprofit organization Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), which provides post-conflict reconstruction assistance and humanitarian relief.
Colombia is considered to be one of the most landmine-contaminated countries in the world, according to the International Crisis Group think tank. An estimated 11,000 people have been killed or maimed in landmine explosions since FARC insurgency began in Colombia in the early 1990s.
