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Colombian Negotiators To Hold Extraordinary Meeting With ELN In Caracas

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Reuters reporting that Colombian negotiators will travel to Caracas, Venezuela for an extraordinary meeting with rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), likely to take place Friday April 12.

  • The extraordinary meeting comes following the ELN's decision to freeze the seventh round of peace talks scheduled to take place in Caracas on April 22.
  • The Colombian government noted in a statement that delegates from guarantor countries - Norway, Chile and Venezuela - will also attend the extraordinary meeting.
  • Reuters notes: "The ELN and the government have held six rounds of talks so far, resulting in a bilateral ceasefire, the establishment of a multi-donor fund to finance the process and a pledge from the ELN to suspend kidnappings for ransom."
  • Colombia One reported this week that ELN alleged in its letter to the Colombian government freezing the seventh round of talks that it does not find “sufficient conditions to carry out the usual rounds of talks.”
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Reuters reporting that Colombian negotiators will travel to Caracas, Venezuela for an extraordinary meeting with rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), likely to take place Friday April 12.

  • The extraordinary meeting comes following the ELN's decision to freeze the seventh round of peace talks scheduled to take place in Caracas on April 22.
  • The Colombian government noted in a statement that delegates from guarantor countries - Norway, Chile and Venezuela - will also attend the extraordinary meeting.
  • Reuters notes: "The ELN and the government have held six rounds of talks so far, resulting in a bilateral ceasefire, the establishment of a multi-donor fund to finance the process and a pledge from the ELN to suspend kidnappings for ransom."
  • Colombia One reported this week that ELN alleged in its letter to the Colombian government freezing the seventh round of talks that it does not find “sufficient conditions to carry out the usual rounds of talks.”