Colombia's government and the Segunda Marquetalia armed group said in a joint document they will begin peace talks on June 24 in Caracas, Venezuela.
Segunda Marquetalia is a dissident faction of the now-demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Its leaders initially agreed to a 2016 peace deal that saw the FARC demobilize but returned to arms citing unfulfilled promises in 2019.
The government and Segunda Marquetalia agreed to start a peace process in February, part of efforts by leftist President Gustavo Petro to end six decades of armed conflict through peace deals with armed groups.
Colombia's war has left more than 450,000 people dead.
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