Spain and Chile will be accompanying countries of the peace process in Colombiaas indicated on Thursday by Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva Durán, within the framework of the Summit of Foreign Ministers of the countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and the European Union (EU).
“I am in charge of the Spanish Foreign Minister… I want to answer a question about your participation in the Colombian peace process: you are, and I am telling you officially, an accompanying country,” assured the Colombian foreign minister, who added that “Chile morally and officially it is a companion country».
According to sources from the Colombian Foreign Ministry, Leyva Durán referred to this matter during his speech at the ministerial conclave that was held this Thursday in Buenos Aires, on the occasion of the annual presidency of Celac currently held by Argentina.
In his speech, the cabinet minister of Gustavo Petro highlighted Cuba’s role in the process and thanked him for facilitating his territory to make peace in Colombia.
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Leyva Durán, who already participated in peace talks with the Colombian guerrillas in the 1980s and more recently in the governments of Álvaro Uribe and Juan Manuel Santos, said in Buenos Aires that peace in Colombia is “a jewel to show” and He added that Petro has “a conviction” for universal peace.
In Colombia, “a country covered in blood since 1960,” peace is possible, argued the country’s foreign minister, who took advantage of the presence of European countries to thank them “because they fell in love with the Havana peace accords.”
Precisely in Colombia this Thursday a controversy broke out after Congress approved the “total peace” bill, with which the government has the door open to negotiate with dissidents who signed the peace agreement with the FARC in 2016 and they left it, as alias “Iván Márquez”.
The foreign ministers of the CELAC and European Union (EU) countries held a conclave this Thursday in Buenos Aires to address their common challenges, at a time marked by the war in Ukraine and the social inequality caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 exposed.
