January 25, 2017 7:07 PM

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French President Hollande visits Colombia rebels

French President Francois Hollande has met leaders of Colombia's largest rebel movement, the FARC, at a rural camp in the west of the country. <br/><br/>Mr Hollande – accompanied by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos – offered help with de-mining programmes and the search for the disappeared. France has contributed around 20 per cent of the EU's funding to support Colombia's peace process. Colombia signed a peace accord last November to end decades of conflict.<br/><br/>President Hollande was the first French head of state to visit Colombia in almost 30 years.<br/>He expressed his support for the peace deal, calling it a model to resolve conflicts around the world.<br/><br/>Mr Hollande is on a Latin American tour to Chile and Colombia, one of his last foreign trips before stepping down after April-May elections which will choose his successor.

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