Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 128: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of discussion he has had with his EU colleagues regarding the situation in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43522/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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EU Ministers last discussed the situation in Colombia in 2007 when we adopted Conclusions which expressed the Council's full support for the Colombian government in its search for a negotiated solution to the internal armed conflict. The Council reaffirmed its readiness to assist the Colombian government, state institutions, civil society and international organisations in providing support for activities that promote peace, truth, justice, reparation and reconciliation and in providing support for activities that advance the demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration process under the Justice and Peace Law. Following the conclusion of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia in May of this year, it is expected that the adoption of the Agreement will be considered by EU Ministers in 2011.