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| Southeast Asia |
| Philippines hopes to have a deal with MILF by September |
| 2006-06-08 |
| The Philippine government remains hopeful a peace deal with the largest Muslim rebel group will be signed by September despite protracted talks over land, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s peace adviser said yesterday. Jesus Dureza, who once sat as the chief negotiator with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf), said Manila was offering the Muslim rebels broader powers to govern in a wider area of the south of the mainly Roman Catholic country. “Our position is there was a timeline agreed upon by both sides. We’re still sticking with that timeline,” Dureza, a former congressman and journalist, told Reuters at his office. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |