Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has cancelled all future peace talks with communist rebels waging one of Asia’s longest insurgencies, in a blow to efforts to end the half century-long conflict.
In a speech on Tuesday night, Duterte criticised the insurgents over deadly attacks against soldiers and police while threatening to categorise them as a “terrorist” group.
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