this National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas and the Colombian Government will continue peace talks next novemberAccording to an agreement signed by the parties in Venezuela this Tuesday, which will act as guarantors in the negotiations, along with Cuba and Norway.
Based on what has been agreed so far, the new phase of negotiations will begin, next month, on a date that the parties dare not specify, also the place of these negotiations, which will be “revolving” without knowing where to start.
Colombian High Commissioner for Peace Iván Danilo Rueda – was present at the signing of the accord in Caracas – last August,e Necessary steps will be taken to restart peace talks with the ELN. One of the countries evaluated among the announced rotations is Cuba.
This Tuesday Rueda talked about the importance of transparency in these dialogues, so the agreement is fulfilled to build trust.
“Dialogue itself should express changes, and this peace delegation (ELN’s) expressed and gave us elements of deep trust‘ he assured.
The Commissioner stated that “(ELN’s) actions have been de-escalated” in Colombia. in the various regions in which they operate, and welcomed the guerrilla group’s decision to “avoid armed conflict”.
“Respect that In these weeks of the government, we also approved the right to life.“, added.
Senator, with Rueda on behalf of the Government of Colombia Ivan Cepeda and monsignor Hector Fabio Henao.
He spoke on behalf of the ELN Elicer Chamorro He stressed that the resumption of negotiations would be done without changing what had been agreed so far, and that he was nicknamed “Antonio García”, based on the principle that his delegation was a “contracting” party to the negotiation and would therefore affect the negotiation process. conclusion.
“We think what The ELN is not arguing with the Government at the tableHe is not playing with the ELN (…) anything done will be discussed by the ELN delegation and the national government delegation,” he said.
Accepts signed text restoring the negotiating table with their delegations and withdrawing agreements and “Progress since the Agenda was signed on 30 March 2016.”
In the joint statement read at the beginning of the law, The parties agree to “announce the resumption of the dialogue process after the first week of November 2022”.