Colombia, ELN Rebels Agree To Peace Talks: President
Muhammad Rameez Published January 18, 2017 | 11:35 PM
DAVOS, Switzerland, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jan, 2017 ) - The Colombian government and the country's last active rebel group, the ELN, have reached a new agreement to launch formal peace talks, President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday.
"I can tell you we have come to an agreement" on launching talks, having settled a dispute about the release of a hostage by the leftist ELN, Santos said in an address in Davos, Switzerland during the World Economic Forum.
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