The Colombian government rejected requests made by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, to create demilitarized zones for demobilizing fighters following the two parties' peace deal.

On Tuesday, Colombia's government announced that they are not approving FARC's latest demands, saying that the country "will not be divided" to create "special peace zones," teleSUR reported.

"We are not in this process to divide the country, nor to hand over ungovernable territories. Our Constitution is not to replace the (negotiating) table. Instead, it speaks of a single and indivisible Colombia," said General Jorge Enrique Mora, a member of the negotiating team for the Colombian government in the ongoing peace talks in Havana, Cuba, as reported by teleSUR.

The FARC proposed demilitarized areas with a definite level of autonomy called Terrepaz, which will safely demobilize the guerilla organization's fighters and start transforming itself into a non-violent political movement. Mora noted that their side has "never considered a fragmented Colombia," adding that the idea "had not occurred" to them and "doesn't fit" their imagination, according to Colombia Reports.

Ricardo Tellez, one of FARC's members, requested this week that they be recognized as a political organization after a peace deal is signed and they lay down their forces, teleSUR further reported.

"The basic condition of safety will result from the necessary demilitarization and recognition (by the government) of the ability to disarm ourselves ... through built plans and measures agreed upon between the two parties," said Tellez, as quoted by the news outlet.

Peace negotiations between Colombia and FARC began in 2012, teleSUR noted. The process aims to conclude over 50 years of armed conflict that included guerrilla groups, paramilitaries, state security forces, and drug traffickers. The decades of dispute also caused the deaths of 220,000 individuals and 6 million displaced or disappeared people.

Since then, both sides have made a number of landmark agreements such as one on transitional justice, which grants amnesty to those who committed war crimes if they cooperate in the peace dealings. The FARC is also calling to end paramilitary violence, an issue still pervading Colombia. The group repeated their sentiments on Sunday, saying that abolishing paramilitarism is an "ethical and political imperative" in the process to peace, teleSUR reported.

In a press conference this week, FARC delegates also expressed their support for their members imprisoned across the country. Their jailed comrades launched a hunger striker earlier this month, demanding that their injured be released from prison and given medical care, the news outlet added.

The two sides also agreed to invite the United Nations and UNASUR to monitor a possible bilateral ceasefire that could begin as early as this month, teleSUR noted.