Congratulations pour in for Colombian president after Nobel win

Congratulations flooded in from around the world Friday for Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to bring the country's decades-long civil war to an end.

The conflict, which has been raging for 52 years, has cost the lives of at least 220,000 people and displaced almost 6 million.

A peace deal between Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, broke down earlier this month when voters rejected the agreement in a national referendum.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon was among those who congratulated Santos on Friday, saying the prize "is an inspiration to press ahead until peace is achieved."

"Colombia can still live in peace. The message of this prize is clear: the Colombian people have come too far to turn back now," he said.

Timoleon Jimenez, the FARC leader, tweeted his congratulations and said that “peace would be impossible” without the work of Santos and others.

Alvaro Uribe, Santos' predecessor who led the campaign against the peace deal ahead of the referendum, congratulated Santos on Twitter.

"I hope it leads to a chance in the accords that are damaging for our democracy," he said.

The International Campaign to ban Land Mines (ICBL) also congratulated Santos and said the Colombian government and the FARC rebels agreed to work together to remove landmines as a key step toward peace in March 2015.

These are some of Santos' other well-wishers: