Colombia government and ELN to meet in Ecuador over formalizing peace talks: Report
Apr 30, 2015
Colombia government and ELN to meet in Ecuador over formalizing peace talks: Report
posted by Alice Bradshaw-Smith
Colombia’s government and rebel group ELN will meet in Ecuador the coming days seeking to turn ongoing exploratory talks into formal peace negotiations, according to local media.
The government hopes that the meeting in the capital Quito will serve to bring the two warring parties together in the creation of a concrete table of dialogue, with the ultimate aim of a peace agreement.
Since January 2014, the ELN and the government of President Juan Manuel Santos have attempted to create an agenda that allows for the start of formal peace negotiations, to compliment those ongoing in Havana with Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC since November 2012.
The meeting will take place in a quiet location on the outskirts of Quito, according to Colombian radio station La FM, though it is unsure if the talks will be one isolated reunion or several.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/colombia-government-and-eln-to-meet-in-ecuador-over-formalizing-peace-talks-report/
(It's memorable that previous Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, without informing the Ecuadorean President, bombed the bejesus out of a small encampment of FARCs who were on their way to meet representatives of some prisoners they had taken, in preparation for a prisoner release to them. Hit them while they were sleeping, using US bombs and technology to accomplish it. They created a fire with the President of Ecuador and his Latin American allies which almost got away and fried Uribe's ass. Emergency meetings were called immediately by the Rio Group which did NOT include representatives from the U.S.
In this case, Colombia's wiser, more civilized President has arranged negotiations, with the cooperation of Ecuador's President Correa, with the other large Colombian rebel representatives. Unless the fascist right opts to create a violent false-flag operation, there should be no murders this time.)