Colombia Envoy to Discuss Rebel Truce
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BOGOTA, Colombia — The Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces guerrilla group will meet a representative of President Virgilio Barco today in an attempt to maintain the fragile three-year-old truce.
Carlos Ossa Escobar, appointed by the president as peace envoy, said the talks will also serve to clarify guerrilla involvement in recent acts of violence.
This will be the third meeting between the government and the rebels, and is scheduled to take place at a remote guerrilla camp in the interior.
Meanwhile, the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces issued a statement asking the government to set up a commission to verify the peace accords.
It added that its forces are not attacking anybody but will respond to harassment by the armed forces.
The rebel group, the country’s largest and oldest guerrilla organization, signed the truce in March, 1984, and took part in parliamentary and presidential elections last year through the Patriotic Union party. It won 11 seats in Congress.
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