The peace talks between the Colombian governemnt and the country’s largest left-wing guerrilla group, the FARC, on Monday resumed with agrarian issues again the main focus of negotiations.
The dialogues, which formally began in September, continue in Havana, Cuba while violence in Colombia between the two warring parties has escalated. Two Colombian policemen who were kidnapped in late January were released by the rebels on Friday while another Colombian soldier was let go on Saturday. kidnapping
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The talks beginning on Monday will reportedly last for 11 days and again focus on rural development, a topic that has dominated negotiations so far.
Though both the FARC and the government agree on the importance of land reform to end the armed conflict, their positions differ regarding the nature of the reform.
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