Havana, Aug 12 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, met Friday in Havana with representatives of the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN). They are committed to resuming peace negotiations for the South American nation.

Through his official Twitter account, the Cuban President informed that the meeting was also attended by the Norwegian guarantors and representatives of the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Colombian Episcopal Conference.

Díaz-Canel ratified to those present the commitment of the Caribbean nation and its willingness to continue contributing to the achievement of the longed-for peace for Colombia.

The Colombian delegation arrived on Thursday, headed by its foreign minister Álvaro Leyva, and also included Danilo Rueda, High Commissioner for Peace, and Iván Cepeda, President of the Peace Commission of the Colombian Senate.

The meeting in Cuba has the purpose of resuming the last peace negotiations with the ELN initiated in 2017 when Juan Manuel Santos was in power and former President Iván Duque failed to comply with and tried to break with the protocols established for these dialogues.