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| Muslim rebels in Philippines to start turning over weapons |
| 2015-06-12 |
| [ARABNEWS] Moslem guerrillas in the Philippines will begin turning over their weapons as part of a peace deal even as politicians are still debating a law creating a new autonomous Moslem region in the country's south, rebel and government peace negotiators said Thursday. President Benigno Aquino III will be the guest of honor at the ceremonial turnover of high-powered weapons next week, chief government negotiator Miriam Coronel Ferrer said. She said 145 guerrillas of the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front also will be decommissioned. Rebel negotiator Mohagher Iqbal said rebels agreed to hand over their weapons to an independent group despite the delay in the passage of the law creating the new autonomous region. "This is just the start of the decommissioning process, which the (rebel group) has committed to undertake as a show of its sincerity to peace building," Ferrer said. |
| Posted by:Fred |