The third cycle of peace negotiations between the National Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will begin in Havana, Cuba, on April 27.
The third round of peace negotiations between the National Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will begin in Havana, Cuba, on April 27, according to consultations carried out by the W Radius.
This new cycle of meetings will continue the table that was held in Mexico on February 13. When the venue for the forthcoming meeting was announced, the parties thanked the Cuban government for its “support for the search for peace in Colombia for more than four decades.”
For his part, Cuban President Miguel Díaz Canel has indicated that his government “is honored to accept the official request of the President’s Government Gustavo Petro and the National Liberation Army (ELN) to continue talking in Havana.”
In 2016, Havana hosted the negotiations that concluded with the demobilization of the FARC.
On March 29, Petro asked to review the peace process with the ELN) after this group carried out an attack with explosives in Catatumbo that left nine soldiers dead. The president convened a consultation with the government delegation at the ELN table to the guarantor and accompanying countries.
“A peace process must be serious and responsible with Colombian society,” was part of the message that the president released on his social networks after the attack on the public force. However, it was pointed out that Petro’s call does not imply a freezing of the dialogues with the ELN, nor that the table be raised.
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