The Liberal government is considering whether to send unarmed observers to help monitor the historic peace agreement in Colombia.
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan's office has confirmed that Colombia is one of the options being considered as the government decides where to deploy upwards of 600 Canadian peacekeepers.
Sources say Canadian officials have been in contact with the United Nations looking for more information about the observer mission in Colombia, including potential security hazards.
The Colombian government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the guerrilla group widely known as FARC, agreed to a peace agreement last month, ending 50 years of fighting.
The deal is to be signed by the two sides on Sept. 26, before Colombians vote on it in a plebiscite on Oct. 2.
If all goes as expected, the United Nations will deploy 450 unarmed observers to various locations for about a year to monitor implementation of the agreement.
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