[News] If the ELN agrees, Spain could be a guarantor: Petro

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Colombia is Pedro Sánchez's first stop on a tour of Latin America, where the agenda will be fundamentally economic. However, in the Colombian case, Spain's support for the peace process was also on the agenda.

 

 

In his first announcements after arriving in Colombia, the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, stated that he would offer Gustavo Petro that his country host the peace talks with the ELN. The Spanish president met with Petro this Wednesday morning at the Nariño Palace. The presidential sash received him with military honors.

 

Regarding the proposal, Gustavo Petro commented in a press conference that "all the steps that are going to be taken in this process have to be in consensus with the counterpart (...) If the Spanish government is the guarantor, and if so the parties want, I would love to, but it must be in consensus,” said the Colombian president.

 

For his part, the Spanish president maintained that “we have spoken of the commitment of Spanish society to peace, we have done so from the first moment. This afternoon I will have the honor of visiting the Center for Memory, Peace and Reconciliation. Memory is important for democracy.”

 

Colombia is Sánchez's first stop on a tour of the region where the agenda will be fundamentally economic. However, in the Colombian case, Spain's support for the peace process was also in the bilateral conversation.

 

“We are full of letters asking for peace. We have received letters from the ELN, from the FARC factions that did not sign the agreement with Santos, from those who returned to arms after signing the agreement, and from the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces. But from the letters you have to move on to the facts,” said the Colombian president.

 

“If you want peace, stop killing, put on the unarmed will to negotiate with state officials,” added Petro.

 

The delegation of the Spanish president and the cabinet of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, headed by Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva, were present at the ceremony. The leaders introduced their respective delegations to each other and the protocol act of review of the military forces was made.

 

Throughout his visit, Sánchez showed strong support for the government of Gustavo Petro. “I wish the greatest success to President Petro and I will transfer all the support of Spanish society to him,” commented the Spanish president, who supported the interest of the Minister of Finance, José Antonio Ocampo, in carrying out a tax reform to achieve fairer taxes. in Colombia, reported Spain's El País.

 

In fact, during a Spanish-Colombian business cooperation meeting, which Sánchez attended before his meeting with Petro, the Spanish Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, confirmed that Colombia is a "first-rate socioeconomic" in Latin America.

 

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