Colombia's top negotiator for the National Liberation Army rebel group (ELN) Pablo Beltran gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Havana, Cuba, September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia´s National Liberation Army (ELN) favors a bilateral ceasefire to pave the way for renewed peace talks, the leftist guerilla group´s top negotiator told Reuters in Havana on Wednesday, and said the rebels would be united upon returning to the bargaining table.
Pablo Beltran, who leads the ELN´s delgation in Cuba, said he and other delegates in Havana since talks collapsed in 2019 would return home in the coming weeks - given proper assurances of safety - and together with comrades in the jungle fine tune their strategy ahead of coming negotiations.
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