Le président de la Colombie suspend les pourparlers de paix avec les rebelles de l'ELN.

BOGOTÁ, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Friday the suspension of peace talks with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) after accusing the group of committing a war crime in the Catatumbo region.

According to Petro, The dialogue process with this group is suspended; the ELN has no will for peace.

In a separate incident on Thursday, ELN fighters killed at least five demobilized members of the former FARC rebels who were part of a 2016 peace agreement. They also targeted members of the Estado Mayor Central (EMC), a FARC dissident faction engaged in separate peace talks with the government.

The violence resulted in civilian displacement and drew condemnation from the United Nations.

The peace negotiations between the ELN and the government, resumed in 2022, have been plagued by setbacks. In September, negotiations were halted after an ELN explosives attack killed two soldiers and wounded 29 near the Venezuelan border.

Additionally, talks stalled when the government initiated separate negotiations with an ELN splinter group in the southwest, while the ELN resumed kidnappings, bombings of oil pipelines, and attacks on security forces.