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MILF: Peace talks still on
Mohagher Iqbal,the chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's peace panel, said the talks between the rebel group and the government will resume late March despite the ongoing tension in Sabah. He said, As far as we are concerned, the peace talks will proceed as scheduled before the end of this month."Iqbal said that the hostilities in Sabah would not derail the peace negotiations, and that the Sabah standoff and the peace negotiations were unrelated. He said, Why do we have to complicate the issue, thats another issue." Of the MILF's no comment policy on the Sabah standoff, Iqbal said the issue is so sensitive that they decided to keep silent on the issue. The scheduled talks in Kuala Lumpur this month would continue discussions on power sharing, wealth sharing and normalization. More than 1,500 Filipinos have fled troubled Sabah and returned to their country. Posted by: ryuge 2013-03-15 |
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