Wednesday, May 7, 2014

MILF: JICA officials pay courtesy call to MILF Chairman; share new activities for the Bangsamoro

From the MILF Website (May 7): JICA officials pay courtesy call to MILF Chairman; share new activities for the Bangsamoro



Last April 22, 2014, the JICA Officials headed by Mr. Naoyuki Ochiai, Senior Advisor for Peace Building of the Economic Infrastructure Department of JICA Headquarters, visited Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao for a courtesy call to Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim and other members of the Central Committee namely, 1st Vice Chairman Ghazali Jaafar, Chief Of Staff, BIAF, Sammy Al Mansoor, Secretary to the Chairman Mr. Muhammad Ameen, General Staff Spiritual Adviser (Morsheed) Ustadz Abdulkadir Abdullah and General Staff Administrative Officer Mr. Toks Ebrahim welcomed the JICA Mission.
  
Mr. Ochiai updated Chairman Murad and the members of the MILF Central Committee on the recently concluded Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for the Quick Impact Projects between the Bangsamoro Transition Commission and Bangsamoro Development Agency in JICA Philippine Office last April 21, 2014. This QIP Project will be implemented under the Comprehensive Capacity Development Project for Bangsamoro where BTC will be the over-all supervisor and BDA will be in-charge of social preparation of the selected communities.

JICA will also hold the 6th Consolidation for Peace in Hiroshima, Japan in furthering its support to the Bangsamoro in which key officials of the MILF, Government of the Philippines, sectors of women, academe, religious, media and civil society will be invited.

These updates from the JICA Mission were appreciated by the MILF Officials and expressed their gratitude to the Japanese government and people for their continuing support to the Bangsamoro.

Mr. Juro Chikaraishi, the Senior Advisor for Peace and Development based in JICA Philippine Office, reiterates the continuous support of the Government of Japan to the Bangsamoro towards the establishment of the new political entity and further to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Government.

Mr. Ochiai was joined by his colleagues from JICA Headquarters Dr. Sachiko Ishikawa, also a Senior Advisor for Peacebuilding, from JICA Philippine Office, Mr. Juro Chikaraishi, from JICA Cotabato Project Office, Mr. Shu Nishimaru and Field Coordinator Ms. Samrah Karon, and also the only Japanese member to the International Monitoring Team – Mindanao 9 Mr. Takayuki Nakagawa in this courtesy call to MILF.

http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/964-jica-officials-pay-courtesy-call-to-milf-chairman-share-new-activities-for-the-bangsamoro

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