Agreement reached on land reform in Colombian peace talks

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Peace talks between the FARC and the Colombian government have taken a significant step with agreement being reached on the first of six points on the negotiating agenda: land and rural development.

In what is being called an historic moment, the FARC and the Government released a joint statement on Sunday which hailed an accord that will be “the beginning of a radical transformation of the rural and agrarian reality in Colombia”.

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