Colombia: Colombia announces formal peace talks with National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels
Parallel to ongoing peace talks with Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC, ELN rebels also agreed to formalize peace talks that seek to end more than half a century of violence, the government and rebels announced Wednesday.
The announcement was made in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas by representatives of the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos and the ELN leadership.
Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Cuba, Venezuela will be host nations of the talks that will be monitored by the Catholic Church, to which the rebels were ideologically tied when they first emerged in the 1960s.
Norway will also have a role as guarantor nation. Ecuador will be the main location of the talks.