March 30, RHC – In a statement issued this afternoon, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the agreement between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN).

This agreement will initiate a public timetable for talks between the Government of Colombia and the ELN, which Cuba said represents an important new step forward in efforts to achieve peace in Colombia.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs appreciated the confidence that the parties had again deposited on Cuba, when they asked it to act as guarantor together with other countries in the region and Norway.

The statement also voiced Cuba’s commitment to continue contributing to a final agreement between the government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army, as it had done in the peace process in Havana between  the government and the FARC-movement, seeking an end of the conflict and the attainment of a lasting peace in Colombia.