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Colombia: Government and FARC-EP dissidents set up Dialogue Table

Colombia: Government and FARC-EP dissidents set up Dialogue Table
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October 17 |

The Office of the High Commissioner for Peace reported on Monday that between the National Government and the Central General Staff of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) the Table for Peace Dialogues and Protection of the Civilian Population and Ceasefire, signed by President Gustavo Petro, was installed.

In this sense, President Gustavo Petro declared that he initiates the second peace process in Colombia after the process with the National Liberation Army (ELN): the process with the Central General Staff (EMC).

The decree signed by the president also declares a “bilateral and temporary national ceasefire with territorial impact based on an Agreement for the respect of civil society”.

In this sense, the decree also states that this measure is in force from October 17, 2023 until January 15, 2024.

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“Consequently, the suspension of offensive military operations and special operations of the National Police against the members of the Central General Staff of the FARC-EP is ordered,” the decree stated.

On the other hand, the High Commissioner declared that “the work of the social, citizen and community oversight will be developed under the terms and conditions established in the corresponding protocol, agreed by the parties at the Peace Dialogue Table”.

“These will be three months to show the country and the international community that we have the maturity to face the difficulties, with the horizon that we can transform the conflict for political and social reasons and achieve the peace that all Colombians deserve”, said the High Commissioner.

The roundtable will be held in the Colombian departments where the dissidents have the greatest presence and where the civilian population has been most affected, such as Putumayo, Cauca, Arauca, Huila, Guayare, among others.

Likewise, the Commissioner refers that “the National Government, through the Special Programs Fund for Peace or other funds created for these purposes, will have the necessary resources for the implementation of the commitments and responsibilities derived from the present agreement.

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This is the second bilateral ceasefire between both parties, after the suspension by the Government in May of the first one agreed upon, which was from January to June, however after an EMC front killed four indigenous minors it had recruited.

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