Bogotá, October 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In yet another sign rebels in Colombia are preparing for peace, the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) will no longer undergo combat training and will instead focus on political and cultural education, the head of the insurgent group announced via his Twitter account Wednesday.

Timoleon Jimenez, better known by his alias Timochenko, said in a tweet directed at Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos that he had ordered the command structures to suspend military training. It was the rebel leader's first tweet in nearly three years.  

In a recent exclusive interview with teleSUR, Timochenko reaffirmed the guerrilla army's commitment to securing a final peace deal with the government and seeing that the deal translates into peace in Colombia. In order to do so, said the rebels have been working hard to share the developments outcomes of the peace talks with the guerrillas in the jungle, and with Colombian society at large.
    
On September 23rd, Commander Timochenko and President Santos traveled to Havana, Cuba, site of peace negotiations, to sign an agreement regarding transitional justice. The topic of transitional justice was considered to be the most sensitive and contentious topic during negotiations and the signing of the partial agreement between the FARC and the Colombian government, is seen as a milestone for the peace process.

A final deal appears to be at hand with both parties agreeing to having a deal signed in no more than six months with a deadline of March 23, 2016. According to FARC Commander Pastor Alape, a member of the rebel's negotiating team, Timochenko has also ordered negotiators to concentrate their efforts on meeting this deadline.