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Pablo Beltran, representing the Colombian guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN) (second from left) shakes hands with Ivan Danilo Rueda, High Commissioner for Peace on behalf of the Colombian government, at the restart of peace talks after a suspension of more that three years, at the hotel Humboldt in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, November 21, 2022
COLOMBIA has reached an agreement with the guerilla group National Liberation Army (ELN) on Sunday to allow the indigenous Embera community to return to their lands.
The talks with the ELN, Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group, aims to end the country’s long and bitter conflict.
Speaking in Dabeiba in north-western Colombia on Sunday, President Gustavo Petro said: “The first point of agreement that we reached with the ELN — in barely a week of these dialogues — is the return of the indigenous Embera people to their reservations.”
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