Lula da Silva congratulates Colombia and Petro for the “fundamental” step in building peace with the ELN

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvacongratulated this Saturday Colombia and his counterpart from the Andean country, Gustavo Petrofor the “fundamental” step in the construction of peace after the agreement with the guerrillas of National Liberation Army (THE N).

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“I congratulate Colombiaespecially the president Gustavo Petrodue to the ceasefire agreement with the THE N. A fundamental step in the construction of peace for the Latin American peoples and in a reaffirmation of the vocation for peace in South America”, Lula wrote on his Twitter account.

The president thus complemented the message of the Brazilian Government, which on Friday through the Foreign Ministry expressed its “satisfaction” for him “national” ceasefire, “bilateral” and “temporary” agreed this Friday by the authorities of Colombia and the THE N.

The ceasefire will start on August 3 and will initially last for 180 days, as a result of the third cycle of negotiations between the two parties, held between May 2 and 9 in Havana (Cuba).

“As one of the guarantor countries of the process, Brazil expresses its confidence that the agreements reached represent a vigorous impulse in the direction of sustainable peace in Colombia”, adds the statement, in which the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed its commitment to the peace negotiations in the neighboring country.

The ceasefire for 180 days, the longest that the Government and the THE Nwas signed today in Havana in an act that was attended by the president Petro and the first commander of the ELN, Eliecer Herlinto Chamorroalias “antonio garcia”.

The parties also agreed that the United Nations and the Catholic Church They will monitor compliance with the ceasefire through follow-up meetings every two months.

Source: Elcomercio

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