Conversations between the Colombian government and armed group
Havana, June 5 (RHC) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, declared today the island’s support for the agreement between the government of Colombia and the Second Marquetalia, which will set up a negotiating table in Caracas, Venezuela, the coming 24th.
We welcome the agreement between the delegations of the Colombian government and the Second Marquetalia armed rebel group to formally begin a dialogue table, the chancellor declared in his account on X.
Rodríguez Parrilla assured that, “invited by the parties, Cuba was represented and will act as one of the guarantors of this process for peace in Colombia.”
This Wednesday, the Colombian government and the Second Marquetalia, a dissident of the defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army, announced the decision, after a meeting held between the parties in the Venezuelan capital.
The meeting was attended by the High Commissioner for Peace, Otty Patiño; the head of the aforementioned guerrilla structure, alias “Iván Márquez”, plus members of the accompanying delegations.
Representatives from Cuba, Norway and Venezuela and the delegate of the special representative of the UN Secretary General and the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, among other personalities, also participated.
According to the official announcement, Cuba, Norway and Venezuela will serve as guarantors, while the representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Episcopal Conference will be permanent companions. (Source:PL)
