KUALA LUMPUR: Philippine government and Muslim rebel negotiators met in Malaysia, forging ahead with talks on disarming the guerrillas despite a historic peace deal struck last year being thrown into doubt by a deadly clash.
The discussions yesterday marked the first formal sit-down between the two sides since a botched Philippine police anti-terror raid in the country’s Muslim south last Sunday resulted in a firefight that killed 44 police commandos and shook the peace effort.
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