A new team “IMT-12” is expected to take over in March, the Malaysian officials said. Johari said they are conducting assessments on the ground to continue sustaining the peace efforts for Mindanao. Johari said that after the IMT changes its head of mission, they expect more improved security and strengthened ceasefire mechanism in the peace process. We will remain in our role as the third-party facilitator, and will continue working through the International Monitoring Team in Mindanao,” he added. Meanwhile, First Vice Chairman Ghazali Jaafar thanked Malaysia and the IMT members for their continuous support and in facilitating the peace talks.

Source: Manila Times January 13, 2017 12:40 UTC