The Philippine government and MILF rebel negotiators are not ready to proceed with peace talks due to have begun on the weekend, forcing a postponement, Malaysian organizers said yesterday. “Both parties were probably not ready to proceed. They need to iron out some other things,” a Malaysian official told AFP, declining to reveal the issues still to be resolved. The talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), aimed at ending a decades-old Muslim separatist rebellion in the southern Philippines, were scheduled to begin Sunday. Full Story
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