Despite the potential threat to the peace process in Mindanao it supports, the United States is staying away from the Sabah crisis, saying it is a problem that only the leaders of the Philippines and Malaysia can deal with.
More aid will pour into Mindanao as soon as the details of the recently signed peace agreement between the government and the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are worked out, an Australian aid executive said.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is the latest head of government to offer help in ensuring the success of the Philippines’ peace process, as he and President Benigno Aquino III held talks on the second day of the 9th Asia Europe Meeting here on Tuesday.
The United States Monday welcomed a peace deal between Muslim rebels and the Philippine government to end a four-decade old insurgency, saying it was another step towards ending insurrection.
The United Kingdom reaffirmed its support for the peace process in Mindanao and its commitment to pursue cooperation in the areas of security, trade and investment, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the British Embassy in Manila said over the weekend.
Bring in Asean, the United Nations and other “local and international guarantors” to monitor how the parties are fulfilling their commitments to peace-building in Mindanao.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario will be flying to Japan from June 27 to 29 to discuss bilateral economic and regional concerns with his counterpart, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday.
In the 1980s, Ernesto Godoy lived through the kind of violence now destroying parts of southern Philippines.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The Philippines on Monday offered Muslim rebels waging a decades-long insurgency the prospect of autonomy, but warned they must first lay down their arms and a peace pact was likely years away. The offer was contained in the government’s proposal for peace with the 12,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Philippine government and Muslim separatist negotiators met Monday in Malaysia as part of efforts to draft a peace agreement to end a decades-old insurgency in the southern Philippines. A Malaysian official at a hotel in the capital Kuala Lumpur, where the two-day meeting between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Force [...]
(UPDATE) President Benigno Aquino III arrived here at 11a.m. Wednesday for a two-day visit during which he is expected to seek investments from local firms and sign several agreements on tourism and trade with the sultanate.
