Colombia's government and the Estado Mayor Central (EMC), the largest FARC dissident group, on Tuesday said in a joint statement they would begin peace talks on Oct. 8 and start a 10-month bilateral,

Moving forward with its agenda of "total peace" for the country, the Colombian government entered into a new ceasefire agreement with splinter groups of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas and scheduled October talks in yet another push for progress.

The Colombian government and the Central High Command (EMC), the main dissidence of the now disbanded FARC, will set up a dialogue table on Oct 8 in the city of Tibú, in the troubled region of Catatumbo near the venezuelna border,

Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army, or ELN, will continue peace talks in Mexico in November, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said during a conference on illegal drugs with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

It is made up of left-wing rebels who refused to lay down their arms when the Farc leadership signed a peace deal in 2016. The ceasefire will begin on 8 October. The first round of negotiations with the EMC will be held in the north-eastern town of Tibú,