Colombian High Commissioner for Peace, Ivan Danilo Ruedaannounced this Friday that his country will take the necessary steps to resume peace talks with the guerrilla group. National Liberation Army (THEN).
Rueda made the announcement this Thursday in Havana, where she was traveling with the Colombian Foreign Minister. Alvaro Leyva, To explore the possibility of resuming talks with the ELN.
“Both sides agree on the need to start the dialogue process” “royal will” He confirmed that the Colombian Government and the ELN seek “complete peace”, “stable, lasting and sustainable”.
The high commissioner stressed that the Colombian government “will accept anything”. political and legal measuresTo “guarantee the conditions” for the resumption of negotiations.
Rueda added that Colombia “acknowledges the legitimacy” of the ELN’s desire for dialogue. the quest for peace”.
He also “confirmed” that the guerrilla was listening as well. “voices from various segments of society” called for the cessation of hostilities.
The visit of Rueda and Leyva came after Petro, who took office last Sunday, reaffirmed at the beginning of the week that he will try to continue peace talks with the guerrilla in question, and that it will be known in the coming weeks whether these negotiations will be over. It will continue to operate in Cuba.
The Colombian Government’s negotiations with the ELN have begun. 2017 They were transferred in Quito during the government of Juan Manuel Santos and in 2018 to Havana, where the main guerrilla leaders are still located, although they were absolutely paralyzed during the government of Iván Duque.
Petro said he wanted to return to the protocol already established in the negotiations, which allowed the ELN talks there to continue. Havana), but stressed that the Cuban Government and Norway who agreed to re-sponsor the negotiations should assume the guarantor role or add new countries for this purpose.
Eliécer Herlinto Chamorro, the ELN’s highest commander, alias “Anthony GarciaIn an interview with CM&news published this week, he stated that peace negotiations should be resumed at the point they stall.
ELN, which strengthened In recent years, Petro has already shown in several statements that he wants to return to the negotiating table to seek peace with his government.
The talks have been suspended since 2018 due to the government’s request. Duke The ELN releases all its hostages and renounces this and all criminal activity.
After the attack on the Cadet School in Bogota in 2019 22 dead and 68 injured Processed by the ELN, the Colombian government asked Cuba to hand over the negotiators in Havana, but the island resorted to diplomatic protocols to disobey this request.
Source: Informacion
