Colombia’s National Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces guerrillas announced on Wednesday in Havana a Final, Comprehensive and Definitive Peace Accord to end the over-50-year armed conflict and to build stable and long-lasting peace in Colombia.

In the presence of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, the document was read by the representatives of Cuba and Norway as guarantor countries of the peace process, thus putting an end to discussions over the past four years in the Cuban capital.

The implementation of the Final Accord will definitively end an armed conflict that have lasted over 50 years, the document reads and adds that this agreement is being signed in tune with the free expression of will by the two sides and with the intention of meeting everything agreed to.

The joint communiqué, read in Havana, encompasses all and every accord reached on the points of the agenda that was under discussion during the negotiations.

The Accord gives special attention to fundamental rights of the most vulnerable population sectors and those most affected by the armed conflict.

The two sides agreed that the implementation of the Final Accord will contribute to expand and deepen democracy in Colombia, since it will include the laying of weapons and the elimination of violence as a method for political action for all Colombians in order to promote democracy with full guarantees for those who participate in politics.

The government and the guerrilla group thanked Venezuela and Chile for their accompanying of the peace negotiations.

The document was signed by the head of the government delegation Humberto de La Calle and by the head of the rebel delegation Commander Ivan Marquez and also by the representatives of Cuba and Norway.