Dissident rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) who rejected a historic peace agreement in 2016 said last Sunday (16th) that they are ready to establish a dialogue with the Colombian government starting on May 16th for peace talks. peace in order to withdraw his group, the Estado Mayor Central (EMC), from the armed conflict.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 urban guerrilla group, has vowed to end six decades of armed conflict that has left more than 450,000 dead by signing peace or surrender agreements with rebels and criminal gangs, as well as fully implementing the pact with the FARC.
The EMC is one of the two separatist factions of the FARC and is made up of former leaders and fighters who did not accept the peace agreement, which in 2016 allowed the reintegration into civilian life of 13,000 people who formed a political party and won 10 seats in the Congress.
“We announce to the whole world that our delegates to the dialogue table with the Colombian State, headed by the national government, are already ready for May 16 of this year,” Ángela Izquierdo, spokeswoman for the armed group, told reporters.
There was no immediate comment from government officials.
In early March, Colombia’s attorney general, Francisco Barbosa, suspended the arrest warrants against more than 20 members of the EMC, which facilitated the start of peace negotiations to be held in Llanos del Yari, on the border between the departments of Meta and Caquetá, in the south of the country.
The group, made up of 3,530 people – 2,180 fighters and 1,350 auxiliaries – has maintained a bilateral ceasefire with the Colombian government since the beginning of the year.
Source: CNN Brasil
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