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Colombia’s Santos Names Ex-VP as Chief Negotiator with ELN Rebels

Staff Writer with AFP by Staff Writer with AFP
12/19/17
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday named a former vice president as chief negotiator in peace talks with rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN).

In a meeting with journalists, Mr. Santos said Gustavo Bell would replace Juan Camilo Restrepo after the latter announced that he would step down in January when a ceasefire with Colombia’s last active rebel group ends.

Mr. Bell, 60, served as vice president under Andres Pastrana from 1998 to 2002, and will lead the government team negotiating a new ceasefire next month.

The news was welcomed by the rebels, who began their historic truce with Colombia’s armed forces on October 1, after half a century of fighting. The peace moves came a year after the government signed a landmark peace accord with Colombia’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

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