CUBA: FARC rebel expresses solidarity with Palestinian militants

Record ID: 344302

  • Title: CUBA: FARC rebel expresses solidarity with Palestinian militants
  • Date: 29th November 2012
  • Summary: HAVANA, CUBA (NOVEMBER 29, 2012) (REUTERS) ( * BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) GENERAL VIEW OF COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ARRIVING FOR PEACE TALKS WITH FARC VARIOUS OF GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ARRIVING CAMERAMAN GENERAL VIEW OF FARC REPRESENTATIVES ARRIVING FOR PEACE TALKS DUTCH NATIONAL REPRESENTING FARC REBELS, TANJA NIJMEIJER, ARRIVING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DUTCH NATIONAL REPRESENTING FARC REBELS TANJA NIJMEIJER SAYING: "FARC combatants would like to express to our brothers-in-resistance (referring to the Palestinians) our militant solidarity to the thousands of rebels who, thousands of miles away, combat a common enemy: Imperialism. From Bolivarian Colombia, for your Palestinian bullets, may peace be with you, sovereignty and your irrefutable state." VARIOUS OF NEGOTIATORS ARRIVING
  • Embargoed: 14th December 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Cuba
  • Country: Cuba
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVART2FRWUO2EXLDFT9PATEAHJ9
  • Story Text: Dutch FARC rebel sends message of solidarity to Palestinian fighters.


    Colombia's FARC rebels expressed their support for the Palestinians on Thursday (November 29) during the last day of peace talks in Havana, Cuba.
    FARC rebels and negotiators from the government arrived for the final day of peace talks in Havana, where they are trying to put an end to a civil war that has lasted nearly 50 years.
    Before Thursday's talks began, FARC rebel and Dutch citizen Tanja Nijmeijer read a statement saying the FARC and the Palestinians are both fighting against 'imperialism'.
    "FARC combatants would like to express to our brothers-in-resistance (referring to the Palestinians) our militant solidarity to the thousands of rebels who, thousands of miles away, combat a common enemy: Imperialism. From Bolivarian Colombia, for your Palestinian bullets, may peace be with you, sovereignty and your irrefutable state," Nijmeijer read.
    The statement comes as the U.N. indicates it is set to implicitly recognise a sovereign state of Palestine in the 65th anniversary of the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.
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