MILF: MILF Chairman meets OIC Secretary General in Malaysia

Posted to the MILF Website (Aug 26): MILF Chairman meets OIC Secretary General in Malaysia



MILF Chairman Alhaj Murad Ebrahim met with Secretary-General Iyad Amin Madani of the influential Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 17 August 2016 at Putrajaya, Malaysia to apprise the latter of current development on the Bangsamoro peace process.

In a press statement appearing on the OIC’s official website (http://www.oic-oci.org), the office of the secretary-general said that “Chairman Murad briefed the Secretary General on the current status of the Peace Process in the Southern Philippines and the developments since the new Presidential administration took office in Manila.”

It also stated that the “Secretary General emphasized the OIC’s commitment to the implementation of all previous Peace Agreements concluded so far, including the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) and viewed it as a first step toward the fulfillment of the internationally recognized 1976 Tripoli and 1996 Jakarta Agreements. The Organization also supported the role of Malaysia, as a Third Party Facilitator in this regard.  A proposal to hold an urgent meeting of the Bangsamoro Coordination Forum (BCF) in order to consolidate the position of the BCF members was agreed to during the meeting.”

Prior to their meeting, Chairman Murad was in Malaysia where he attended the formal launching on August 13 of the respective implementing panels for the GPH-MILF Bangsamoro Peace Agreement.

The OIC Secretary-General was on a two-day trip to Malaysia to attend the International Conference on Blue Ocean Strategy at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

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