WASHINGTON, Jumada I 1, 1436, Feb. 20, 2015, SPA -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Friday announced that Bernard Aronson, a former assistant secretary of state for Inter-American Affairs, will be special envoy to the Colombian peace process. "After careful consideration, President Barack Obama has come to the conclusion that while significant obstacles remain a negotiated peace in Colombia is absolutely worth pursuing and absolutely worth assisting if we are able to," Kerry told reporters at the State Department. As a close ally of Colombia, the United States has a "responsibility to do what it can in order to help Colombia to achieve that peace," Kerry said. --SPA 23:15 LOCAL TIME 20:15 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w