President Gustavo Petro’s authorities held a primary spherical of peace talks with the ELN in December.
(Reuters Archive)
A ceasefire introduced over the weekend by Colombian President Gustavo Petro is a proposal to be mentioned at peace negotiations and isn’t in drive, the National Liberation Army (ELN) insurgent group has mentioned.
“The negotiations delegation of the ELN has not discussed with the government of Gustavo Petro any proposal for a bilateral ceasefire, so there exists no agreement on that issue,” the ELN mentioned in a press release posted on its web site on Tuesday.
Petro has pledged to finish the Andean nation’s six-decade inside battle, which has left not less than 450,000 lifeless. His authorities held a primary spherical of peace talks with the ELN in December.
Over the weekend, Petro mentioned Colombia would maintain a six-month ceasefire with the ELN and 4 different armed teams.
The December assembly in Caracas coated solely the set up of the negotiation and its agenda, the ELN mentioned, including that the following cycle in Mexico can be set to cowl the talks’ agenda.
“Once we finish (that issue), it is predicted we will be available to discuss the bilateral ceasefire proposal, to examine the terms to make a deal possible,” the rebels added.
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No speedy remark
Petro’s workplace mentioned it had no speedy remark however that the president would meet with the federal government’s excessive peace commissioner and officers within the Interior and Defense ministries.
The authorities mentioned over the weekend that it could subject a decree for every armed group with particular circumstances for the ceasefire and that the ceasefire can be verified by the United Nations, amongst others.
Previous makes an attempt at negotiations with the ELN, which has some 2,400 combatants and was based in 1964 by radical Catholic monks, haven’t succeeded partly due to dissent inside its ranks.
Rebel leaders have mentioned the group is united, however it’s unclear how a lot sway negotiators maintain over lively items.
Much of the ELN’s negotiating group is older than a lot of its members.
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Source: Reuters
