Amb. Beckingham, experts are arriving
to help restart stalled negotiations
ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippines’ largest Muslim
rebel group, Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), praised Britain for its offer to
send experts to help in peace negotiations across the strife-torn
region of Mindanao.
The MILF is currently negotiating
peace with Manila, but talks had been stalled since last year after
demands for territories in Mindanao, the country’s second largest
island and home to more than four million Muslims and over 17
million mostly Christians.
COTABATO CITY: The decision of
Malaysia to pull out from the 60-man International Monitoring Team (IMT)
in Mindanao is final and only a profound agreement between the
governments of the Philippines and Malaysia...
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