Malaysia to train Mindanao Moslems

Malaysia to train Mindanao Moslems

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia will offer economic training to Moslems in the Philippines' Mindanao island after the signing of a peace pact between Moro separatists and the government, Bernama news agency reported yesterday.

It quoted Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who said Malaysia would make the offer to Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari.

"I hope we can inform them formally, to Nur Misuari himself, that Malaysia is willing to offer any form of training they required," he said when interviewed on television on Wednesday.

Abdullah said Malaysia's assistance could include receiving students from southern Philippines to attend courses on development strategies and related fields.