Colombia has suspended peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, after blaming the rebel group for an attack that killed two soldiers and injured more than 20.

Bogota, September 19 (RHC)-- The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ended the dialogue process with the National Liberation Army (ELN), after an attack that left two dead and 27 wounded. The attack was carried out on Tuesday at the military base of Puerto Jordán, in the department of Arauca, and attributed by the Government to the ELN.

An attack with explosives by Colombian leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), which left more than two dozen troops injured and two dead, has "practically" ended peace talks, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday.

An attack on a military base in eastern Colombia killed two soldiers and injured at least 21, Colombia’s military says, as tensions escalate between Colombia’s government and one of the nation’s largest remaining rebel groups.

The decision is another devastating blow to President Gustavo Petro's cornerstone total peace policy, which looked to remove the ELN from its role in the Andean country's six-decades of internal armed conflict.