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Southeast Asia |
Philippines seeks talks with MILF next month |
2013-06-21 |
The Philippine government said on Friday it wanted to resume talks with Muslim militants early next month to kickstart negotiations for a peace settlement that seem to have stalled recently. The chief government negotiator, Miriam Ferrer, and her Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) counterpart Mohagher Iqbal agreed during a brief meeting in Norway early this week to resume formal talks in early July. Senen Bacani, a government official, said the next meeting should help the government achieve its goal to reach agreement on the detailed terms of a peace settlement this year. He said, "I am very hopeful that we will finish this comprehensive agreement in a month or two." However MILF vice chairman Ghazali Jaafar was not as optimistic, saying the militant group's leadership had yet to approve the government proposal for a fresh round of formal talks. He said, "Those (talks in July) is what we have been hearing very recently but we have not yet officially received such a proposal." |
Posted by:ryuge |
#5 they'll still have to open for Frank G & The Turbans |
Posted by: Frank G 2013-06-21 21:14 |
#4 Barbara and Her Beautiful Buxom Babe Band, sounds good too ! Pic deleted. Some of our gentle readers have noted in the past the such images create problems. So don't do it. |
Posted by: Shomp Glert7500 2013-06-21 19:24 |
#3 Wonder if that's a good name for a rock band? ;-p |
Posted by: Barbara 2013-06-21 19:01 |
#2 Miriam Ferrer, leader of the MILFs Sounds like an excellent Rantburg Nic. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-06-21 18:47 |
#1 Miriam Ferrer, leader of the MILFs. What's not to like. (I know, you've probably heard it 1,000 times, but I had to say something. I promise not to do it again.) |
Posted by: Person of Choler 2013-06-21 18:16 |