Philippines: Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels sign final peace agreement
Miriam Coronel Ferrer, chairman of the government negotiating panel (L) and MILF Chief Negotiator Mohagher Iqbal (R) sign documents during a press conference at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur on January 25, 2014. AFP PHOTO
The Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed on Saturday the last of the four annexes to the Bangsamoro framework that seeks to end the conflict in Mindanao.
Peace negotiators also signed the addendum on Muslim territorial waters in the southern Philippines in the talks held in Malaysia.
Negotiators met from Wednesday on the outskirts of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur to tackle a “normalization” deal detailing how the rebels will hand over their weapons and the creation of a security force to police what would be a Muslim self-rule area.
The deal is the last of four power-sharing accords before a final peace pact can be signed.