Manila to restart talks with NPA

Manila to restart talks with NPA

MANILA (AFP): Philippine government negotiators left yesterday for the Netherlands to resume peace talks with exiled communist rebel leaders, an official said.

Manuel Yan, the chief negotiator in successfully concluded peace talks with Moslem guerrillas, told reporters the negotiators left Manila on Wednesday.

No details of the negotiations were given. But Yan said: "We hope that these talks will result in the resumption of negotiations in accordance with the agenda agreed upon."

Ending the rebellion by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army would cap efforts by President Fidel Ramos to end all insurgences in the Philippines.