President Juan Manuel Santos became the first Colombian head of state to conduct a state visit to the United Kingdom this week. Santos used the visit to entrench trade and economic ties with the UK, which has been the third-largest foreign investor in Colombia over the last decade. He thanked the UK for supporting peace in Colombia, while stressing that the peace accord with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) must be approved before the end of the year, and that revisions proposed by opponents of the accord who supported the triumphant ‘no’ vote in the national referendum on 2 October would have to be realistic.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1029 words.
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