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Viewing cable 05BOGOTA11620, TEXT OF PRESIDENT URIBE AND PEACE COMMISSIONER

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05BOGOTA11620 2005-12-14 23:33 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
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142333Z Dec 05
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 BOGOTA 011620 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC
SUBJECT: TEXT OF PRESIDENT URIBE AND PEACE COMMISSIONER 
RESTREPO'S STATEMENTS ON HOSTAGE EXCHANGE TALKS WITH FARC 
 
REF: BOGOTA 11611 
 
1. (U) President Alvaro Uribe Velez and Peace Commissioner 
Luis Carlos Restrepo made the following statements at a press 
conference at the Presidential Palace on December 13, 2005, 
regarding the decision by the GOC to accept the international 
commission's proposal to create a 65 square mile "security 
zone" in Valle de Cauca Department.  The proposed security 
zone would be the location of GOC-FARC talks on a 
"humanitarian exchange" of hostages for FARC prisoners.  As 
reported in reftel, the FARC has not yet replied to the 
proposal. 
 
2. (U) Begin informal Embassy translation of Uribe's remarks: 
 
Please allow me to offer a response to this proposal made by 
France, Switzerland and Spain. 
 
As Dr. Luis Carlos Restrepo has summarized (referring to 
Peace Commissioner Restrepo's brief summary of the proposal), 
we have selected a small town in a rural zone as a potential 
site for the hostage exchange talks.  The town is called El 
Retiro, and it is approximately 180 square kilometers in 
size.  There are 30 families living in the town.  The three 
European countries (France, Switzerland, and Spain) demand 
that for the duration of the negotiations, as well as for 
seven days prior and seven days after their conclusion, 
neither the Colombian Armed Forces nor the armed guerillas 
will be allowed to enter the zone.  Only FARC representatives 
attending the negotiations will be permitted. 
 
The Colombian Government accepts this proposal.  I humbly 
admit that this implies a concession on the part of the 
Government over which I preside.  I take responsibility for 
this decision.  We accept this modification to our 
traditional position because we trust the international 
community. 
 
We accept this modification because the international 
community has guaranteed that neither the Army nor the 
guerrilla forces will be present.  We accept this proposal 
because during the days of the meetings, in place of the 
Army, there will be 40 international observers.  And we trust 
the international community. 
 
We accept this proposal because it does not injure our 
sovereignty, and it does not put our countrymen at risk.  We 
accept it because Democratic Security is finally on the path 
toward reconciliation.  We accept because we want to respond 
to the anguish, the pain, and the suffering of many Colombian 
families who have had their relatives kidnapped. 
 
We also accept this proposal because the country is going to 
continue on the path toward total reconciliation.  We pay our 
respects to Jaime Lozada, the former governor of Huila, who 
was murdered.  This agreement honors his leadership in favor 
of a humanitarian agreement. 
 
That is all at this time, esteemed countrymen. 
 
End informal Embassy translation of Uribe's remarks. 
 
3. (U) Begin text of Peace Commissioner Restrepo's remarks 
(during his statement, he referred to maps projected on a 
large screen): 
 
The National Government has received from the governments of 
France, Switzerland and Spain, the proposal of a system of 
security for a humanitarian meeting in the Central 
Cordillera.   This proposal has been submitted today 
simultaneously to the Government and to the FARC. 
 
The proposal consists of the results of a technical 
exploratory mission, the proposal concerning a site for the 
meeting: El Retiro, in the municipality of Pradera (Valle de 
Cauca), the system of security surrounding the site of the 
meeting, areas of security, points of observation and paths, 
duration of the international observation and the role of the 
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). 
 
The proposal has been formally submitted through the Swiss 
Federal Department of External Affairs, in the name of Spain, 
France and Switzerland, both to the Colombian Government and 
to the FARC, and is the result of a technical exploratory 
mission that was in the Colombian territory and advanced its 
work in the Central Cordillera between November 28 and 
December 2, 2005. 
 
Spain, France and Switzerland propose a system of security 
that permits the Government and the FARC to find themselves 
directly in optimum conditions.  They propose to guarantee 
the security of the negotiators, with its political 
commitment and physical presence.   They do not prejudge the 
duration, form or content of the negotiations, and they are 
looking to give confidence to the parties and to the 
different sectors of Colombian society. 
The Commission,s suggested site for the meeting is the 
hamlet El Retiro, in the municipality of Pradera (Valle del 
Cauca).  It is a place located approximately 15 kilometers 
from the urban area of Pradero.   The characteristics: 30 
families live there.  There is a church in good condition, a 
school with 5 classrooms, dining room, kitchen and bathrooms, 
a community center, a health station, a football field that 
permits the landing of helicopters, electricity, water and 
telephone.  It is 1,600 meters above sea level and is split 
from 1,200 meters in Potrerito to 2,800 meters in Bolo Azul. 
This is the commission,s suggested site as a place for the 
meeting, El Retiro, and here we have the urban center of 
Pradera. 
 
As well, the commission suggests a system of security 
surrounding the site of the meeting, comprised of areas of 
security.  The first area is in the east of Pradera, from the 
Potrerillo bridge over the Bolo River, to the line along the 
Central Cordillera.  A second area to the east of Florida, 
from the exit of La Diana, to the north of the road to La 
Diana, El Caleo, La Palmera, Sina, including the road.  And 
a third area to the east of the line, that separates the 
department of Valle (of Cauca) from the department of Tolima, 
an area of two kilometers wide along the municipalities of 
Pradera and Florida, to the mountain path situated on the 
road without leaving Florida ) Herrea ) Chaparral. 
 
Here we have the proposed areas of security, here we have 
Pradera, here we have Potrerito, this is the Bolo river, that 
reaches the area of the Central Cordillera.  This is the 
second area of security, that parts from La Diana, passes 
through Los Caleos and reaches Sina.  And here we have the 
third area of security, at the boundary between the 
departments of Valle (of Cauca) and Tolima, two kilometers 
over Tolima, bordering the Pradera and Florida. 
 
As well, as part of the system of security around the site of 
the meeting, observation sites will be installed, some 
observation sites on the roads to control access: Potreito, 
the bridge of the main road and the secondary road, El Retiro 
at the crossing of the two roads, La Diana at the eastern 
exit in the direction of Los Caleos, and the farm Las Tablas 
between Palmera y Sina. 
 
And also some observers at strategic points, at Los Negros, 
on the road to La Carbonera, at the La Campia farm near 
Boloazul, at La Virgen farm in Tolima, and at Norales farm, 
also in Tolima. 
 
Here we have the points of control on the roads, here we have 
the one of Potreito, of El Retiro in Los Negros, of Palmera 
and here we have the one of La Diana. 
 
As well, here we have the observation points suggested by the 
commission. Here these two points are in Tolima.  As well, 
the commission considers it important to take into account 
the control of some paths on the route between Florida and 
the department of Tolima, a path that goes from La Diana to 
the projected road on the Florida ) Herrera ) Chaparral 
route, another point between Pradera and Florida, that is a 
trail that joins Bolo Azul and the site called Norales, and a 
third track between Pradera and the department of Tolima, 
that is a trail from Bolo Azul to the site known as La Virgen. 
 
Here we see the tracks and the crossings that the commission 
considers important to control.  Here we have the one that 
goes from La Diana, goes to the Los Norales site and this is 
a trail that goes towards La Herrera.  Here we have the 
second that goes from Los Norales to Bolo Azul and the third 
that is from Bolo Azul to the La Virgen lagoon. 
 
It is proposed that the coordination of the observers, in the 
first instance considered to total 40, would be set up in the 
El Retiro hamlet, and the coordinator of the observers would 
be in coordination with the political organ of the three 
countries, set up in El Retiro.  He would also be in 
coordination with the Colombian Armed Forces and with the 
FARC. 
 
The three countries textually suggest in their proposal that 
the troops must remain on the outside of the boundaries of 
security.  That is to say, within the area of security, the 
presence of neither troops from the Colombian Public Force, 
nor the armed guerrillas of the FARC.  Only the Government 
negotiators and the guerrilla group will be permitted to 
enter. 
 
The international observation is established seven days prior 
to the commencement of the meeting and seven days after the 
end of meeting.  The countries will leave the decision as to 
the duration of the meeting to the parties. 
 
The International Committee of the Red Cross guarantees the 
air or land movement as much to the FARC as to the Government 
delegates, protects the places of negotiation with the 
emblems of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and 
maintains a permanent presence of its officials at the El 
Retiro site. 
 
This is basically the proposal.  If you wish simply to review 
the maps, let,s look again at the security map: this is the 
zone.  We have here a first border of security in the Pradera 
zone, a second border of security in the Florida rural zone 
and this third border of security on the boundary of Tolima. 
 The area included inside the borders of security is 
approximately 180 square kilometers. 
 
Thank you. 
 
End informal Embassy translation of Restrepo's remarks. 
 
4. (U) The text of the proposal to which Uribe and Restrepo 
refer in their remarks, and other information related to this 
announcement, can be found in Spanish at 
www.presidencia.gov.co. 
WOOD