FARC, government vow to continue peace efforts after referendum loss

Here are key points of the peace deal between FARC and the government, which voters have narrowly rejected in a shocking referendum result.

Supporters of the peace accord signed between the Colombian government and rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Source: AAP

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos acknowledged Sunday that voters had rejected his peace accord with the communist FARC rebels but he vowed to continue efforts to end the 52-year war.

"The majority has said 'No'" to the accord, he said in a televised address. But he vowed: "I will not give in and I will continue to seek peace to the last day of my mandate."

Colombia's FARC rebels also vowed they were committed to continuing peace efforts despite voters having rejected an accord between the force and the government to end their half-century conflict.

The FARC maintains "its willingness to use dialogue as the only weapon for building the future," the group's leader Timoleon Jimenez said in a speech in Havana, Cuba, where the accord was negotiated.

The result threatens to blast away four years of work by government and FARC negotiators aiming to end more than five decades of armed conflict.