Petro took advantage of a meeting with the Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, to talk about the guarantor countries of the peace talks that will resume with the ELN.
“We recognize the protocols, of a diplomatic and international nature. There were some coverages, some movements for the dialogues were made by Ecuador, Cuba, and the ELN negotiators in Cuba stayed there; that’s where we start,” said Duque. at a press conference with Borik.
By having the austral president by your side, Petro assured that Chile will be the guarantorbut that finally the definitive talks with the ELN will take place in Cuba.
“Chile is a guarantor country in accordance with the protocols of the Santos government, in the negotiations that were finally established in Havana, Cubaand we hope that Chile will continue to be a guarantor country”, stated President Petro.
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On July 29, Petro had thanked Boric for his invitation (to take the talks to Chile), but had already expressed the intention that these continue to occur in Cuba.
At that time, Petro recognized the Chilean government’s willingness to assist in the negotiations with the The n and invited them to take the role of guarantors. He extended the same proposal to Spain and “all of Latin America”as well as Norway, which has already held this position in the peace process with the FARC.
This was Petro and Boric’s press conference:
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