Bogota
The Government delegation responds to the ELN about the termination of the suspension of the kidnappings for economic purposes. He says that this guerrilla committed, through a unilateral declaration, without a defined period, to suspend the economic kidnappings.
that the dpeace elections of the Government and the ELN agreed to create a Multi-donor Fund for the financing of the peace activities contained in the dialogue agenda and makes it clear that this Fund was in no way created as consideration for the suspension of the sequestration or the interruption of another specific action included in the Ceasefire.
The implementation of the Fund It had no development due to the ELN’s decision to pause announced to the guarantor and accompanying countries.
Vera Grabe boss of the government delegation in these peace dialogues assured that they will not accept pressure from THE N and that the commitments are clear.
“I believe that this type of pressure does not give rise because today what is at stake is the future of this process, because the ELN has to make a decision regarding this peace process, and it is out of place to make this type of pressure at this time.”
For him Senator and member of the negotiating team Iván Cepeda says that things in the negotiation are clear and that There is no doubt and that the ELN acquired a commitment without conditions before the society that he was going to suspend the kidnapping for economic purposes.
“That suspension was going to be subject to monitoring by the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism of the Ceasefire. On the other hand, the multi-donor Fund was agreed upon, which is not a consideration or a type of transaction that the Government has made in relation to the kidnapping.”
For the government delegation it is clear that there is a breach by the ELN to his commitment not to kidnap and this will motivate a reflection and they will define what’s coming in peace process.
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