Colombia's main rebel group has freed army General Ruben Dario Alzate, who was captured two weeks ago.
President Juan Manuel Santos tweeted the general and his two companions had been released by the FARC to the ICRC and representatives of Cuba and Norway and they were in good condition.
Officials are waiting for weather conditions to improve to fly them back from the location of the release.
Santos had suspended two-year-old talks with the rebels after the general, a captain and an attorney were seized in western Colombia on November 16.
The release of the general should revive peace talks between the rebels and Colombia's government that are being held in Cuba.
Alzate was the first general to be taken by the rebel group in a half-century of fighting.
'Prisoners of war'
Al Jazeera's Alessandro Rampietti said that there was no clear idea as to when the negotiators would travel back to Havana to resume the talks but that the release could help with its progress.
"The FARC said they going to leave them [the captives] as a gesture of goodwill," he said.
On Thursday, the FARC objected at the use of the word "kidnapping" to describe the general's capture.
It considers its captives "prisoners of war" taken in the absence of a ceasefire.
Fidel Rondon, FARC commander and peace negotiator, told the AFP news agency on Thursday in Havana that the group was guaranteeing the release of the three and objected to the fact that the government was not freeing captured rebels in return.
"Jailed guerrillas rot in prison with war wounds sustained during their capture," said Rondon.
With an estimated 8,000 fighters, the FARC is the largest rebel group active in the conflict.
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