Commitment and responsibility to their people, the desire to end the armed conflict and thanks to Cuba as a guarantor and headquarters were part of the statements made by senior government officials and the guerrilla People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at the opening of the third cycle of dialogues between the two sides, which is taking place in Havana, according to ACN .

Opening the meetings in the protocol hall of El Laguito, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla welcomed the delegations and representatives of the guarantor countries and stressed that Cuba’s position in support of the Colombian peace process remains and will remain unchanged, PL reports.

Rodríguez Parilla also assured that Cuba will adhere to its principles of impartial prudence and absolute respect for the will of the parties and the obligations assumed.

It is this role, which Cuba maintained during the break in dialogues with the NLA in January 2019, and before that during the peace process with the former FARC-EP, that was recognized by the Colombian delegations.

Our greatest merit is to ensure that this peace process is absolutely irreversible and that, as a result of this, Cuba is removed as soon as possible from the catastrophic list of countries that support terrorism, and can with this decision, as well as with the end of the economic blockade. to restore the dignity it deserves, like other countries in the world, said Senator Maria José Pizarro on behalf of the government of Gustavo Petro, quoted by ACN.

The head of the partisan delegation spoke in the same sense. In a message posted on Twitter, Pablo Beltrán referred to the “determination and wisdom of the Cuban government, which has defended the fulfillment of its duties as the guarantor country of this peace process, which has led to repression that must be prevented.” end and repair the damage,” he wrote, also alluding to the inclusion of the island on a false list of countries that promote terrorism by the United States, which manipulated Cuba’s dignified adherence to protocols to break dialogue at moments of interruption during the reign of Ivan Duque.

In their speeches, both Pizarro and Beltrán expressed their firm belief in the need for a political solution to the conflict.

We are committed to transforming the country for peace; A strong wind of change is blowing, the role of political and social movements, intellectuals, trade unions and other sectors that are betting not on eternal war, but on a different fate, is growing, the head of the partisans believes, reports ACN.

Beltrán denounced those who resort to media warfare, recruiting mercenaries, killing public figures, blocking change in the Congress of the Republic, and developing soft coup methods, and considered it necessary to prevent opponents of change and the world from achieving its goal of maintaining perpetual war.

Between all of us, we can build a great national agreement that guarantees ultimate peace, brings about the necessary social and economic transformations, and builds participatory democracy; Only then will we be able to get out of this spiral of violence that these enemies of change and peace talks want to send us into, he said.

For her part, Senator Maria José Pizarro believes that this third cycle begins with the most progress in ten years of negotiations with the guerrillas, and mentioned the serious problems faced by Colombian society and proposed a new agenda for dialogue.

We are driven by the full realization that every day of war costs huge lives, that it is loss, pain, the inability to build a viable life project for families and entire generations; We are in dialogue to find real solutions in a country engulfed in more than six decades of war, he said.

We recognize that there is a history of violations and betrayals of the world, but in the current circumstances this is not a reason to choke, the parliamentarian believes.

Source: Juventud Rebelde