They’re going to talk about peace.
“The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will convene on October 13 in Manila representatives of the Moro National Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF) to the Bangsamoro Coordinating Forum (BCF),” reports Ali G. Macabalang on Manila Bulletin.
According to the report, “the 57-nation OIC formed the BCF as a venue for cooperation between the MNLF and the MILF in pushing the Mindanao peace process forward.”
The report noted: “According to former Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, chair of an MNLF faction in mainland Mindanao, Syed El-Masry, a representative of the Egyptian government, will preside the forthcoming BCF meeting.”
The report went on to explain that “El-Masry is the OIC’s special envoy to Southern Philippines” and that “Egypt leads the OIC’s Southern Philippines Peace Committee, which comprises peace facilitators from Libya, Indonesia, Senegal, Turkey, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Somalia, Brunei, and Saudi Arabia.”
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