Colombia Calls For Creditor Help To Underpin Peace, End Cocaine Trade

If Bogota could spend less servicing debt, it could implement land transfers to rural dwellers who had laid down their arms (Credit: AFP)

Colombia's president on Thursday called for international help to slash the cost of servicing the country's debt in order to support its fledgling peace process, which he claimed would help "put an end to cocaine" globally.

Leftist President Gustavo Petro has faced multiple obstacles in his efforts to end six decades of conflict between security forces, guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and drug gangs.