Peace Negotiations
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 07:01
Colombia saw its homicides drop 7 percent in 2014. Government and guerrilla negotiators will resume peace talks in Cuba on Feb. 2.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:56
Opening talks with the ELN remains essential if Colombia is to seize its unprecedented opportunity to end the Western Hemisphere’s longest-running conflict. But this window will not stay open indefinitely.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 07:12
The government and the FARC have been negotiating for more than two years in Havana to bring an end to the group's 50-year-old insurgency, but key issues remain unresolved, including disarmament and how any agreement should be ratified.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 06:57
According to changes to the resolution, the European parliament recalled its position that the occupation of the territory of an Eastern Partnership member by another member state violates the fundamental principles and objectives of the EU program.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 07:29
Amid the ongoing pressure and sanctions between the West, Russia and Ukraine, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan said recently that he holds out hope for a chance to reconcile the opposing parties, bringing them to the negotiating table to agree on a common stance.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 13:06
Office of the Spokesperson issued a joint statement on Libya by the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:19
Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc, says the unilateral truce it declared last month is being threatened by the army's continuing attacks. The Colombian government and the Farc have been engaged in peace talks in Cuba since November 2012.
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 07:26
Negotiations on the Sudan peace talks collapsed in December and the chances of the peace process are regaining momentum later this month.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 07:38
After years of backing for the country’s war effort and free trade deal, Obama administration officials, diplomats, U.S. Southern Command, and investors have deep contacts with some of Colombia’s most prominent peace skeptics. It’s time to encourage them, if not to embrace the process enthusiastically, then at least to recognize its inevitability and be pragmatic.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 08:28
President Juan Manuel Santos called on Monday for the smaller of Colombia's two leftist rebel groups, the ELN, to join the larger FARC guerrillas in declaring a unilateral ceasefire as peace talks advance to end a 50 year war.