Spain Joins Colombia’s Peace Process As Accompanying Country

The decision to invite Spain was announced in November of last year by the representatives of Venezuela and Norway, who are guarantors of the process.

Madrid Sources From The Spanish Government

Madrid Sources from the Spanish government confirmed to media such as El País América, the global newspaper, that Spain agreed to be an accompanying country at the dialogue table and the peace process between the Colombian government and the ELN guerrilla.
The United States, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland are already part of this accompaniment, support and cooperation group, and Chile, Brazil and Mexico will also join as guarantors.

The decision to invite Spain was announced in November of last year by the representatives of Venezuela and Norway, who are guarantors of the process, however it is not until this Friday when the decision of the Spanish government in this regard is known with a response positive to the request.

There has not yet been a public announcement by the authorities of the Pedro Sánchez government, however, on other occasions there have been pronouncements in favor of peace in Colombia and support for the government of Gustavo Petro.

This article is originally published on caracol.com.co