Final month, the 2 nations started a sixth spherical of peace talks in Cuba in an try and agree on an extension of the cease-fire that expired on the finish of January.
“We agreed on February 6, 2024 at 0:00 a.m. (native 7 a.m. Lithuanian time) to increase the bilateral, nationwide and momentary truce for 100 and eighty days,” states a joint assertion revealed by the ELN on the “X” social community.
“To be able to contribute to the bilateral, nationwide and momentary ceasefire, the ELN unilaterally and quickly ceases financial abductions,” it added.
The ceasefire, which expired on January 29, was prolonged by every week to permit extra time for negotiations.
Simply over every week in the past, Colombian Protection Minister Ivan Velasquez went to Havana for negotiations.
The closing ceremony of the assembly is deliberate to be held within the Cuban capital on Tuesday morning.
Intention for full peace in Colombia
The ELN jeopardized the peace course of that started in 2022 when it kidnapped the daddy of Colombian soccer participant Luis Diaz final October and launched him lower than two weeks later.
Negotiations with the ELN have been resumed in November 2022, with the primary election of the left-wing Gustavo Petro as president of Colombia.
In December, throughout the earlier spherical of peace talks, the ELN pledged to finish kidnappings.
Petro’s administration has held talks with Colombia’s most important armed teams, together with the ELN and the dissident Marxist group Farc.
Mr. Petro took workplace with the aim of bringing complete peace to Colombia, which has been ravaged by many years of preventing between safety forces, left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitary teams and drug gangs.
Nevertheless it faces many obstacles and criticism from the opposition, and a few armed teams are searching for to extend their territorial affect.
A number of rounds of negotiations between the Colombian authorities and the ELN have been held in Venezuela, Mexico and Cuba, that are guarantors together with the governments of Brazil, Chile and Norway.
ELN, based in 1964, has about 5.8 thousand members. members.
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2024-05-19 22:11:56