Colombia to restart peace talks with the country’s largest active guerrilla group

Start date for dialogue with the National Liberation Army will be announced after first week of November

Colombia's government and the nation's largest remaining guerrilla group have announced that they will restart peace talks next month for the first time since 2018.

After meeting in Caracas, representatives of the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army issued a statement saying a start date for the peace talks would be announced after the first week of November. The statement added that Norway, Venezuela and Cuba would be guarantor states" in the talks, and that the participation of civil society groups would be essential" for the peace talks to succeed.