Philippine government, NDFP to revive peace talksUndated file photo of members of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines have agreed to restart peace negotiations six years after former President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks with the group behind Asia’s longest-running insurgency. The NDFP is the diplomatic arm and umbrella group representing communist rebels in peace talks with the government. According to the joint statement from Oslo, both the Philippine government and the NDFP have agreed to create a framework that "sets the priorities for the peace negotiations with the aim of acheiving relevant socioeconomic and political reforms towards a just and lasting peace." The practice of red-tagging also intensified during the Duterte administration following Duterte's abrupt termination of the peace negotiations with the CPP in 2017.

Source: Philippine Star November 28, 2023 16:16 UTC