This comes more than a month after the fifth round of peace negotiations was suspended due to continuous attacks by rebel forces against government troops in the countryside. According to Bello, the NDF peace panel prefers to hold the informal meeting in Japan but said the it could be held in Hong Kong. During the informal meeting, Bello said both peace panels would discuss issues on socio-economic reforms and the interim unilateral ceasefire. “There will be an informal meeting and they will discuss mainly on the issue of socioeconomic reforms and iyong possible interim unilateral ceasefire. The fifth round of talks was supposed to be held from May 27 to June 1 in Noordwijk in the Netherlands.

Source: Manila Times July 04, 2017 08:15 UTC