Colombia is applauded for the efforts that we continue to make to combat drug trafficking.

Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

More than 70 percent of Colombians want peace. The rest are afraid of the price to be paid. But even they will realize that their worst fears will not come true. I'm quite optimistic that Colombians do back an agreement with the FARC.

I've not lived one single day of peace in Colombia, and 90 percent of people here say the same thing. We have gotten used to living in a war - we don't even react to massacres.

I have the complete support of the military. I personally served in the navy.

The notion that you do not negotiate with terrorists is not the history of humanity or of the world.

The rebels will be thinking about retaliation, what we have to do is stop; stop and transform it into a spiral of forgiveness and reconciliation.