the third round of negotiations with colombian guerillas took place during juan manuel santos presidency it is important emphasize the difference between previous negotiations with colombian gorillas and the one that is being carried out during gustavo petros era. the government of juan manuel santos and previous ones always saw the national liberation army. as very small group, and they didn't consider the political character of this gerilla. in addition, they saw the national liberation army, as a simple gurilla that did not have a control unit, but rather functioned more or less federatively. so what happened later, when previous colombian governments underestimated the national liberation army and didn't consider its military and political aspects, the national liberation army started to demonstrate its united national control. unit by an armed strike, they carried out armed strikes and signed seasfires at the national level. i believe that everything has changed right now. gustavo petro understands that he has to give political recognition to a gorilla that has been fighting for 70

the third round of negotiations with colombian. realized took place during juan manuel santos presidency it is important emphasize the difference between previous negotiations with colombian guerillas and the one that is being carried out during gustavo petros era. the government of juan manuel santos and previous ones always saw the national liberation army as very small group and they didn't consider the political character of this gorilla. in addition, they saw the national liberation army as a simple. that did not have a control unit, but rather functioned more or less federatively. so what happened later? when previous colombian governments underestimated the national liberation army and didn't consider its military and political aspects, the national liberation army started to demonstrate its united national control unit by an armed strike. they carried out armed strikes and signed size fires at the national level. i believe that everything has changed. right now gustavo petro understands that he has to give political recognition to gurilla that has been fighting for 70 years and t

let's speak to a member of the elders, juan manuel santos, the former president of colombia and nobeling us live on bbc news. give me your assessment, reaction, to what we have seen over the last couple of weeks. ~' , ,., , , weeks. like everybody i feel this is a terrible situation, _ weeks. like everybody i feel this is a terrible situation, we _ weeks. like everybody i feel this is a terrible situation, we put - weeks. like everybody i feel this is a terrible situation, we put out - weeks. like everybody i feel this is a terrible situation, we put out a i a terrible situation, we put out a statement today calling for a cease—fire or at least a pause for the respect of civilians. we feel the respect of civilians. we feel the crime, what hamas did was a crime, a terrorist attack should not be responded with with another crime and that is also the call for israel to respect the international humanitarian law. we have always asked for something very basic in any conflict. for dialogue. nelson mandela used to say a very powerful sentence, the best weapon, the most powerful weapon you ha