Senator Iván Cepeda announced through his social networks that the government delegation has already traveled to Caracas, Venezuela where the fourth cycle of peace talks that are being carried out with the ELN will begin.
Government delegation travels to Caracas to develop the fourth cycle of peace talks with the ELN pic.twitter.com/xShfzTGQ26
— Iván Cepeda Castro (@IvanCepedaCast) August 12, 2023
The installation of the fourth cycle of dialogues at the negotiating table with the National Liberation Army (ELN), It will start on August 14.a crucial day for the peace process.
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The event will take place in Caracas, Venezuela. More exactly in La Casona – Miranda, which historically has been the presidential residence, but now functions as a cultural space and event center by decision of President Nicolás Maduro.
There, characters such as Otty Patiño, Iván Cepeda and José Félix Lafaurie (on the government side), and Pablo Beltrán and Aureliano Carbonell (representing the guerrilla group) will meet again. A ‘reunion’ is mentioned because it was the same city that inaugurated the first of these cycles.
On that occasion, the notable achievements were humanitarian emergency care for political prisoners and the release of 20 hostages. Later, in Mexico, the peace talks agenda was signed and in Havana the bilateral ceasefire was agreed. which is ongoing today and will run until January 29, 2024.
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Topics that will be discussed in this cycle of peace talks with the ELN
For him fourth cycle there will be an assessment of this ceasefire and given the situation due to the complaint about the alleged plan to attack the attorney general, Francisco Barbosa, and the alleged violations revealed by the commander of the Military Forces, General Helder Giraldo.
It will be when the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism submit your report and recommendations, even though it will only have been a few days since you were installed.
A great advance in this matter was the installation of the Civil Society Participation Committee, which seeks to listen to different communities and integrate their proposals into the peace talks.
With information from Colprensa.
