President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the release of detained communist leaders as the government prepares for the opening of formal peace talks next month.

Presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza said the negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front-New People’s Army will start on August 20 in Oslo, Norway.

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