UNIC Bogotá
Ban welcomes formal talks between Colombia and ELN rebel group
Colombia is set to begin formal negotiations on 27 October in Havana, Cuba, with the country’s second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army or ELN, the UN has confirmed.
The announcement comes after two years of exploratory negotiations between the left-wing rebel group and the Government.
It also follows the rejection in a vote by the Colombia people of a landmark peace agreement signed between the FARC movement, the country’s oldest and largest rebel group.