Colombia - Switzerland Peace negotiations resume in Colombia

After ten months of deadlock, the Colombian government and the guerrilla fighters of the National Liberation Army resumed talks on a peace treaty on Tuesday. A Swiss national is also sitting at the negotiating table.

The round of negotiations that began on Tuesday is scheduled to last until November 25. According to Philipp Lustenberger, the Swiss special envoy for the peace process in Colombia, the peace negotiations are currently in a difficult situation, as he explained in an interview with Keystone-SDA.

Whenever the ELN guerrilla fighters negotiate with the government, Lustenberger sits at the table. Together with Germany, Sweden and Spain, Switzerland is one of four countries that are involved in these peace negotiations. At the negotiating table itself, the accompanying states primarily take on an observer role. The mandate to accompany the peace negotiations was given to Switzerland by both the government and the guerrilla group.

SDA