The agenda to be followed by the parties in the meeting in Tumaco, Nariño (southwest), contains different points such as Territorial transformations and de-escalation of illicit economies, Security of the territories and recovery of peaceful coexistence and Resolution of the legal situation of the combatants, according to a report by Caracol Radio.
Other points to be discussed by the parties are Political participation and territorial peace and Implementation and Verification of the agreements.
According to the news source, as part of the first point of this peace process, the parties agreed to develop a pilot program for the transition from illicit to legal economies, of three thousand hectares of coca leaf crops: two thousand in Nariño and one thousand in Putumayo, in the southwest of the country.
The media added that the delegation of the National Government welcomed the statement of the National Coordinator of the Bolivarian Army that ratifies the commitment not to carry out offensive actions against the Public Force, to respect the life of civilian population and to preserve the environment, as a contribution to territorial peace and that of Colombia.
It was also agreed to hold a meeting between the Dialogue Table and 300 social leaders of Putumayo, on January 30, 31 and February 1, 2025, in Puerto Asís.
On November 27, the Colombian government and the separate faction of the Segunda Marquetalia group, which calls itself the National Coordinator of the Bolivarian Army, jointly reported they would hold peace talks.
According to what they detailed at that time, talks are being held by the Border Commands and the Pacific Guerrilla Coordinator, which operate in Nariño and Putumayo and will be represented in the negotiations by Walter Mendoza.
The talks will no longer include Iván Márquez, who founded the Segunda Marquetalia in 2019, when he and other former negotiators of the 2016 Peace Agreement returned to guerrilla life alleging a lack of adherence to several of the points of the pact by the administration of former President Iván Duque (2018-2022).
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