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Weekly Report - 17 May 2018 (WR-18-19)

COLOMBIA: ELN declares electoral ceasefire

The recently renewed peace negotiations between the Colombian government and Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) in Cuba produced their first success this week: a unilateral ceasefire declared by the guerrilla group’s central command (Coce) for a period two days either side of the first round of the presidential election on 27 May. The ELN’s chief negotiator, ‘Pablo Beltrán’ (Israel Ramírez Pineda), said this was a gesture of goodwill and would not replace the bilateral ceasefire being negotiated in Havana, the new venue for the talks.

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