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Government and ELN Rebel Group Resume Peace Talks In Mexico City

COLOMBIA
  • (Reuters) - The government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group resumed peace talks in Mexico City on Monday after a temporary halt caused by a misunderstanding over a mooted ceasefire.
  • Mexico is one of the guarantor nations for the talks, along with Norway, Venezuela, Cuba, Brazil and Chile. The first round of discussions to end the guerrillas' part in nearly six decades of war took place in Caracas last November.
  • On Monday, leaders of the negotiations on both sides said the talks would focus on a bilateral ceasefire and agreements to get humanitarian aid to areas of Colombia most affected by the conflict.
    • "Agreements are to be fulfilled... we have to produce results," said Otty Patiño, head of the Colombian government delegation.

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