People participate in the installation of the peace dialogues between the FARC guerrilla dissidents calling themselves the Central General Staff (EMC) and the Colombian government, in Tibu, Colombia October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Camilo Cohecha
TIBU, Colombia (Reuters) -Colombia's government and the country's largest group of dissident former FARC rebels on Sunday suspended offensive actions and celebrated the start of a peace process meant to end the group's role in almost six decades of internal conflict, the rebel group announced.
The negotiations with the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) - a dissident group of the now-demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas - form part of President Gustavo Petro's efforts to reach "total peace."
