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| Colombia to hold peace talks with last rebel group |
| 2017-01-20 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Colombia announced a deal Wednesday to hold peace talks with its last active rebel group, the ELN. The move aims to seal "complete peace" after the signing of a historic deal with the bigger FARC guerrilla force, President Juan Manuel Santos said. "I can tell you we have come to an agreement" on launching talks, having settled a dispute about the release of a hostage that National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels were holding, Santos said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... Delegations from the two sides meeting in Ecuador said later they had agreed that the ELN would release the hostage and the government would in return grant pardons to two members of the rebel group. The talks will then start on February 7, they said. "We have been trying to start these official negotiations for three years now and the truth is it has been a very difficult process," Santos said. "This second stage that is going to begin next month is extremely important because it will allow us to achieve a complete peace, not only with the FARC but with the ELN, too." |
| Posted by:Fred |