“I hope that during this time we will be able to concretize [peace] agreements, which will help to resolve this conflict,” Santos said on Tuesday as quoted by the newspaper.
On Tuesday, Santos announced the start of a new national peace dialogue in the country with the FARC.
On October 2, Colombia's National Election Council said the peace agreement between the government and FARC rebel movement, signed in September, failed to garner the support of the majority of Colombian voters at a referendum, with 50.22 percent opposed to the deal and 49.78 in favor.
Colombia was mired in a half-century war between the FARC and the Colombian government, which has claimed lives of a quarter of a million people. The two parties began peace talks in November 2012 and signed a historic ceasefire agreement in Cuba on August 24. The sides signed a peace deal in late September.
