MANILA (Reuters) - A deal to end four decades of armed conflict with Islamic rebels in the southern Philippines may be forged in the next two years, the chief negotiator of the country's largest Muslim group said on Tuesday ahead of peace talks to be held later this month in Kuala Lumpur.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) seeks a "state within a state" in southern Mindano as a condition for ending the fighting, an idea President Benigno Aquino may try and meld with his own proposal for more autonomy at peace talks set in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 22, Mohagher Iqbal said.
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