Colombia Oslo peace talks delayed: reports

PEACE talks in Oslo due to start on Monday between the Colombian government and the leftist rebel group FARC have been delayed due to various legal issues and poor weather, Colombian media reports.

Delegations from both sides had been expected to arrive in the Norwegian capital at the weekend, broadcaster RCN and the Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported.

But severe storms prevented the government delegation taking off from Bogota, while members of the FARC delegation in Cuba were still waiting for documents assuring them of safe passage, after Colombia lifted international warrants for their arrest.

The delegations were not expected in Oslo until late Tuesday at the earliest, both media reported, quoting government sources.

It is the fourth time the Colombian government and FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), known by their Spanish acronym, are to seek a negotiated solution to the long-running armed conflict.

The meeting due in Norway marks the "formal launch" of the talks that will later move to Cuba.

They represent "a hope for all of us Colombians," Colombia-born Martha Rubiano Skretteberg, secretary general of the aid organisation Caritas Norway, told Norwegian broadcaster NRK.

Rubiano Skretteberg is a Norwegian citizen.

Norway and Cuba have facilitated secret talks in Havana during the past six months. Venezuela and Chile have also played a role.

The talks are to cover rural development, guarantees for the opposition, an end to the armed conflict, the battle against narcotics trafficking and victims' rights.

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