Implement antiterror accord: RP

Implement antiterror accord: RP

PHILIPPINES: President Gloria Arroyo has called for the full
implementation of an antiterrorism pact with Indonesia and
Malaysia in the wake of new terror attacks in the region, a
senior Philippine diplomat said on Thursday.

Arroyo raised the subject with Indonesian President Megawati
Soekarnoputri shortly after a car bombing on the Indonesian
island resort of Bali claimed at least 180 lives, Foreign Affairs
Undersecretary Lauro Baja said.

Twin bombings in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga
that left at least five dead on Thursday underscored the need to
boost a regional front against terrorism, Baja said.

The three Southeast Asian neighbors sealed the trilateral
Agreement on Information Exchange and Establishment of
Communication Procedures in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in May to combat
the spread of terrorism and transnational crime in the region.
--AFP