21/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - Ashton takes note of FARC's suspension of military operations. On Tuesday 20 November, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton took note of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) announcement to suspend their “military operations and acts of sabotage for two months”, her spokesperson said in a press release. Ashton “welcomes any step that the FARC may take to spare the Colombian people from the violence that has been afflicting them for so long”, the spokesperson said. He added that Ashton hopes the negotiations in Havana will allow a final agreement to be reached quickly so that Colombia can enter into a true peace-building phase. The FARC announced a unilateral ceasefire on 19 November at the opening of the peace negotiations in Cuba with the Colombian government. (CG/transl.fl)