Gov't execs to face Nur at OIC meet

From the Philippine Star (Oct 23): Gov't execs to face Nur at OIC meet

An official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed yesterday that the Philippines would present the framework agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) in Djibouti next month. DFA Undersecretary Rafael Seguis said the signing of the framework agreement ending decades of secessionist insurgency in Mindanao is expected to be a highlight of the OIC meeting amid pronouncements made by disgruntled founding chairman Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Misuari plans to meet with OIC leaders in Djibouti to express his grievances that he was not consulted in the forging of the new Bangsamoro agreement signed last Oct. 15 in Manila. The Philippines, which has a pending application to be granted observer status in the OIC, has been attending the group’s meetings since 1996. DFA officials said they are waiting for another invitation from the OIC to the Djibouti meeting so that the government could be given the opportunity to reply to Misuari’s statements during the meetings. “The signing of the framework agreement will be reported to the plenary and we believe this will be highlighted in the (CFM) meeting next month,” Seguis told The STAR....

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