1st round of peace talks between GRP, CPP-NPA-NDF a success, says peace negotiator

From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 14): 1st round of peace talks between GRP, CPP-NPA-NDF a success, says peace negotiator

A member of the government peace panel announced the success of the first round of peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the CPP-NPA-NDF in Oslo, Norway.

Government Peace Negotiator Hernani Braganza said in a local radio interview on Wednesday morning that the first round of the peace talks held in Oslo, Norway was successful as it brought the two sides, the GRP and the CPP-NPA-NDF back to the negotiating table and started a formal talk for peace.

An indefinite ceasefire had been agreed by both parties and within 60 days, a bilateral ceasefire may possibly be agreed upon by both panels.

Braganza said that next month, the second round of the formal peace talks between the GRP and the CPP-NPA-NDF will commence, still in Oslo, possibly during the first week.

Braganza was here in Butuan as the invited guest of honor and speaker during the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) 3rd Quarterly Meeting on Tuesday afternoon, held at a local convention center here, which happened to be the first under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.

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