High Commissioner for Peace Colombia, Ivan Danilo Ruedaannounced this Friday that his country would take the necessary steps to resume peace talks with National Liberation Army (THEN).
Rueda made this statement in Havanawhere he went this Thursday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Alvaro Leyvaexplore the possibility of restarting dialogs with THEN.
“Both sides agree on the need to start a process of dialogue” to demonstrate “real will” Colombian government and THEN strive for a “complete peace” that is “stable, durable and sustainable,” he said.
The High Commissioner stressed that Colombian government He will take “all political and legal measures” to “guarantee the conditions” necessary for the resumption of negotiations.
Rueda added that Colombia “recognizes the legitimacy” of the ELN’s desire for dialogue “in search of peace.”
Likewise, “it has been confirmed” that the guerrillas are also listening to “voices from various sectors of society” who are asking for a cessation of hostilities.
trip to cuba
travel Wheel and Leiva took the place after Petrowho took office last Sunday, confirmed at the beginning of the week that he would seek to resume peace talks with the guerrilla, and indicated that it would be known in the coming weeks whether those talks would continue in Cuba.
Colombian government talks with ELN began in 2017 in Quito, during the government Juan Manuel Santosand in 2018 they were transferred to Havanawhere the main leaders of the partisans are still located, despite the fact that during the reign of Ivan Duque they were completely paralyzed.
Petro said he wants to go back to the protocol already set in the talks, which “allows ELN talks to continue there (in Havana)”, but emphasized that it should be Cuban government who agrees to sponsor the negotiations again, as well as the role of Norway as a guarantor or add new countries for this purpose.
What does ELN say?
Supreme Commander of the ELN, Eliser Herlinto Chamorroknown by the pseudonym “Antonio Garcia”, said in an interview with the CM& news program published this week that the peace talks should be resumed from where they stalled.
THENwhich has gained momentum in recent years, has already shown in several statements that it wants to return to the negotiating table to seek peace with the government Petro.
Negotiations have been suspended since 2018 due to the demand Government from duke The ANO release all hostages in its power and renounce this and all of its criminal activities.
After the attack on cadet school in Bogota in 2019, which resulted in 22 deaths and 68 injuries, and was committed THENthe Colombian government asked. Cuba capitulation of the negotiators who are in Havana, but the island invoked diplomatic protocols not to comply with this request.
(As reported by EFE)
Source: RPP
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