Colombian leader says received assurances of support from Republican US lawmakers
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Friday that Republican members of the U.S. Congress had indicated their continuing support for Colombia`s effort to achieve peace with leftist rebels and recover from years of civil war.
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WASHINGTON: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Friday that Republican members of the U.S. Congress had indicated their continuing support for Colombia`s effort to achieve peace with leftist rebels and recover from years of civil war.
Asked whether Republicans had backed the administration plan, Santos told reporters at the State Department he "did not hear one single voice" doubting the success of the current U.S. aid effort, Plan Colombia, and he had received "expressions of continuing support."
He said he did not receive any formal commitments but hoped Congress would support the new proposal.
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