Claiming that this was a great recognition for Colombia, Santos added that he was eternally grateful to the int’l community for the award.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (Photo: AFP)
Claiming that this was a great recognition for Colombia, Santos added that he was eternally grateful to the int’l community for the award.
Oslo
: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Friday that he was deeply honoured by the Nobel Peace Prize, which he dedicated to the people of his country.
-"I receive this with great emotion,-" Santos told the Nobel Foundation in an audio interview posted on its Facebook account.
-"This is a great, great recognition for my country,-" he said. -"I am eternally grateful.-"
-"I receive this award in their name: the Colombian people who have suffered so much in this war. Especially the millions of victims that have suffered in this war that we are on the verge of ending,-" he said.
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