Antonio Garcia, of the Colombian armed group National Liberation Army (ELN), left, shakes hands with Ivan Danilo Rueda, High Commissioner for Peace on behalf of the Colombian government, after signing an agreement to resume peace talks in Caracas, Venezuela [Ariana Cubillos/AP]
Al Jazeera: Colombia and ELN rebels agree to restart peace talks
Officials say Norway, Venezuela and Cuba would be “guarantor states” and civil society groups would be “essential”. Colombia’s government and the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group have announced that they will reestablish peace talks that were suspended in 2018.
Delegations of Colombia’s government and the ELN will restart negotiations after the first week of November, the parties said in a statement on Tuesday signed by ELN commanders Antonio Garcia and Pablo Beltran as well as the country’s high commissioner for peace, Danilo Rueda.
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Update #1: Colombia to restart peace talks with the country’s largest active guerrilla group (The Guardian/AP)
Update #2: Colombia will restart peace negotiations with National Liberation Army (CNN)
WNU Editor: The expectation is that these talks are going to last a long time.
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