The ELN and the Colombian government unfreeze dialogue and announce the cycle in Venezuela on April 8

The guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Government of Colombia announced this Monday in a joint statement that both parties will resume dialogue – suspended last week – and confirmed that the seventh cycle in Venezuela It will take place from April 8th to 22nd.

The declaration by both delegations thus puts an end to the freeze announced by the THEN on February 20, after reporting that his counterpart had committed “actions that violate what was agreed at the Talks Table” which they have been carrying out for 15 months.

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This announcement, they added, came after a meeting held in To Havana -place where the sixth cycle of dialogues took place, which culminated on February 6th with a biannual extension of the ceasefire and a temporary suspension of guerrilla kidnappings- from February 24th to 26th.

“We analyze the progress of the agreements and the problems faced by the Dialogue Table for Peaceagainst which each party acquired commitments for the good development of the peace process“, they stated in the text.

In turn, the ELN delegation added that the guerrillas “will carry out the internal consultations for which he was summoned”.

Last Wednesday, the armed group had assured that peace talks with the Government were taking place “under conditions”.crisis” and justified its freezing, guaranteeing that the State “Through the Commissioner for Peace, the Armed Forces and the Police, actions were carried out that violate the agreement.”.

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“Having agreed on a national social participation process, it is now establishing a regional dialogue on Nariño outside the aforementioned national process and ignoring the ELN Delegation and the Table where the international community participates acting as Guarantor, as well as the UN and the Colombian Episcopal Conference,” he noted at the time.

In response, the Government assured that the decision would produce a “unnecessary crisis” and would prolong the armed conflict, while at the same time defending the need to seek peace in the regions.

The cycle in To Havana concluded with the agreement to extend the bilateral ceasefire that began on August 3 for another 180 days. Furthermore, the guerrillas committed to “unilaterally and temporarily suspend economic withholdings”, as he calls the kidnappings of civilians.

Source: Elcomercio

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