In Caracas, the talks that were suspended for nearly four years between the Colombian government and the “National Liberation Army” rebels were resumed with the aim of “building peace”, according to what the two parties announced in a follow -up statement during a ceremony held for the occasion.
The statement added that the negotiating delegations agreed to “resume the dialogue process with a complete political and moral will” in order to “build peace”, stressing that this goal is to “require the” population of rural and urban areas who suffer from violence and exclusion. ”
Former right-wing President Ivan Duque (2018-2022) stopped peace negotiations with the National Liberation Army, after the rebels attacked a police school with a car bomb in January 2019.
The bombing killed 22 people in addition to the attacker.
After in August, he became the first leftist president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro pledged to establish a “comprehensive peace” in the country and reach new peace agreements with the National Liberation Army and other armed groups.
As a result, the National Liberation Army, which was established in 1964 and is the only rebellion movement that has been active in the country since Bogota signed in 2016 a peace agreement with the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (Vark), expressed his intention to negotiate with Petro..
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