DOCUMENT: PH, NDF joint statement after Utrecht backchannel talks

Mar 12, 2017 7:50 AM PHT

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DOCUMENT: PH, NDF joint statement after Utrecht backchannel talks

The Philippine government and communist rebels agree to resume formal talks. Here's a copy of their joint statement.

REVIVAL OF TALKS. The Philippine government and communists agree to return to the formal negotiating table.

MANILA, Philippines – Negotiators of the Philippine government and the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) agreed to resume formal peace negotiations after holding backchannel talks in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Here’s the joint statement signed on Saturday, March 11.

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