Former president and opposition leader Joseph Estrada walks with Sen. Loren Legarda and Makati City Mayor Jomar Binay at the tarmac of Zamboanga International Airport in this undated photo.
DUREZA SAYS MALAYSIAN PULL OUT OF TALKS REPORT INACCURATE
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MPA/OPPAP) - - Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus G. Dureza today laments inaccurate news that Malaysia is reported to be abandoning the Mindanao peace process, particularly the talks with the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. In a statement issued from New York , Dureza said the latest development was that the GRP delegation headed by panel chair Sec. Rodolfo Garcia had just returned a few days ago from Kuala Lumpur with positive report that issues on territory and ancestral domain are progressing and that another meeting is set soon, perhaps within the month. Dureza clarified that what is recent is Malaysia ’s decision to renew the International Monitoring Team (IMT) to three months and subject to extension as needed. He added that, to say that this shortened but renewable term for the IMT is "abandonment" is stretching the context beyond credulity. “Malaysia has contributed immensely to our peace efforts and we are confident it w...
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