Colombian Government, ELN Agree To Start Ceasefire Talks
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published March 11, 2023 | 11:00 AM
Mexico City, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Mar, 2023 ) :Colombia's government and the country's last recognized guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), said Friday they had agreed to begin negotiating a ceasefire, as the two sides wrapped up a second round of peace talks in Mexico.
The goal is to reach a ceasefire pact based on international humanitarian law, according to an agreement read by a government delegate in the presence of both parties.
Colombia has suffered more than half a century of armed conflict between the state and various groups of left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and drug traffickers.
The Colombian government resumed peace talks with the ELN after Gustavo Petro became the South American country's first ever left-wing president in August.
The talks had been suspended by his conservative predecessor Ivan Duque following a car bomb attack on a police academy in Bogota that left 22 people dead.
The next round of talks is due to be held in Cuba, though a date has not yet been announced.
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