{UAH} Philippines and communist rebels agree to resume peace talks

Robert Atuhairew,

The Philippines Peace Talks is back on again. Rodrigo Dutete knows he is getting very isolated and can ill afford to maintain a full scale war against the communists.  The  communists called his bluff when he resumed full military operations and he was humiliated in battle. Nearly 100 Philippines soldiers and militia have been wiped out by the communists in one month of brutal  fighting in Mindanao. He can not defeat the communists and he knows it. And the communists know the Americans will never allow them to overthrow the Philippines government by armed force- they would have done so ages ago if the Americans had not interfered and has constantly supported puppet regimes. Thats why we have to try an alterantive method- of engaging in talks. But he had better be serious. I am hoping his threats to arrest those of us who are consultants will now be lifted so that I can go to the Philippines in the next few weeks.

Bobby

Philippines and communist rebels agree to resume peace talks

The Philippine government and communist rebels have agreed to resume peace talks and reinstate a ceasefire. The peace process to end one of the world's longest running conflicts collapsed in February.

Negotiators from the Philippine government and communist rebels on Sunday agreed to resume peace talks, a month after President Rodrigo Duterte called off negotiations.

The government and communist-led National Democratic Front also agreed to reinstate a ceasefire before the next round of peace talks in April, a joint statement said.

"The parties shall continue the formal peace talks and reiterate their reaffirmation of all bilateral agreements and statements" made before peace talks collapsed last month, the statement said.

The agreement was reached after negotiators met on Friday and Saturday in Utrecht, Netherlands, where the communist leadership in exile is based.

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Duterte opened peace talks with the rebels shortly after taking office last June.

To pave the way for negotiations, the Philippine government released imprisoned rebel leaders and negotiators, meeting a key demand of the communists.

However, Duterte called off talks in February after a series of rebel attacks killed soldiers.

The joint statement also said a rebel negotiator would be released from prison.

The Norwegian government mediated peace talks will resume in April and June, both sides said.

The communist insurgency began in the late 1960s and is one of the world's longest running conflicts. Some 30,000 people have been killed, according to the military.

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