The Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) have afforded honors to the outgoing peace monitors in an exit call Wednesday at Camp Navarro that houses the Westmincom headquarters in this city.
Westmincom chief Lt. Gen. Rustico Guerrero awarded medals to the members of the outgoing International Monitoring Team (IMT) Batch 8 (2013) headed by Maj. Gen. Dato Fadzil Bin Mokhtar of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF).
The IMT Batch 8 comprises of 13 members, including Fadzil, who are from the armed forces of
Guerrero also presented a memento to Fadzil during the simple but meaningful awarding ceremony.
Prior to the awarding of medals, Westmincom deputy commander Brig. Gen. Orlando De Leon rendered a departure honor to Fadzil and his team.
The mission of the IMT Batch 8 ends March 12, 2014 and they will be replaced by the IMT Batch 9.
Earlier, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) announced that a new contingent of peace monitors is set to arrive in March.
The OPAPP said that the new IMT contingent will be serving its mandate for another year or until March 2015.
The IMT monitors the ceasefire, civilian protection component, rehabilitation and development, and socio-economic agreements between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=620084
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