September 15, 2022--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Colombia's National Liberation Army, better known as the ELN, expects dialogue with the Colombian government to restart in the coming weeks, which could ease tensions and attacks on the nation's oil and gas infrastructure. The information emerges following an interview between the organization's top negotiator and EFE.

ELN negotiator Israel Ramirez Pineda whose nom de guerre is Pablo Beltran, seemed optimistic about the restart of the negotiations that could end the guerrillas' armed conflict in Colombia. Nevertheless, he kept his reservations about the total surrendering of arms to the government due to the killings of former guerrilla soldiers after the 2016 peace treaty signed with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), according to the information shared by EFE.