Colombia government, ELN rebels agree ceasefire

‘The Colombian government and rebels with the National Liberation Army (ELN) have agreed a ceasefire that will begin on October 1 and run through mid-January 2018.
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos made the announcement in a televised address on Monday, after the latest round of peace talks that have been going on in neighboring Ecuador since February to end decades of war.
“It will come into effect on October 1, initially for 102 days, that is to say until January 12 of next year,” Santos said, adding that the ceasefire would be extended as long as the deal was respected and progress continued to be made in the ongoing negotiations.
“The priority is to protect citizens; so during this period, kidnappings, attacks on oil pipelines and other hostilities against the civilian population will cease,” he noted.’
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