A note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicates that “the resumption of negotiations between the Colombian government and the ELN, one of the priorities of President Gustavo Petro’s total peace policy, was formalized on November 21, 2022, when the parties They set up a dialogue table to resume the negotiation of a peace agreement”.

It points out that “on November 25, the parties confirmed Cuba, Venezuela and Norway as guarantor countries and invited Brazil, Chile and Mexico to also exercise that function.”

The message refers to the fact that the Brazilian government contributed to the peace talks with the ELN, even in the role of guarantor country, until the interruption of the negotiations, in 2019.

He insists that, with satisfaction, “Brazil is once again integrating the process, fundamental for the consolidation of peace in Colombia and of great importance, therefore, for the region and for the world.”

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