The Colombian government led by Gustavo Petro and the dissidents of the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced the installation of a table for peace talks.
The High Commissioner for Peace and the so-called Central General Staff of the former FARC made public on Sunday on their social networks the document signed the day before, which establishes the installation of dialogues to discuss and approve “the bilateral ceasefire and temporary of national character”.
From the moment of subscription and until the installation of the dialogue tables, the date of which is not specified in the document, a preliminary phase will govern in which a team of “confidence building” for the resolution of contingencies with the participation of representatives of both parties.
The process will include government delegates, international guarantors and UN accompaniers, the support mission for the OAS peace process, the Colombian Episcopal Conference, among other sectors. In the coming days, the members of the two delegations will be known, according to the document.
In April, the Central General Staff, made up of dozens of dissident groups that did not accept the 2016 peace agreement between the Government and the FARC, announced his willingness to start negotiations with the Executive of President Gustavo Petro. It is estimated that if an agreement is reached, it would allow the disarmament of some 3,000 members of the dissidents.