RP, Norway discuss peace talk venue

Wed, 18 Apr 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): The Philippine government is negotiating to
establish a Norwegian venue for peace talks with communist
guerrillas, Vice President Teofisto Guingona said on Tuesday.

Guingona, who is also foreign minister, said he met with the
Norwegian envoy to Manila, Paul Moe, to discuss the April 27
negotiations, aimed at ending the New People's Army (NPA)
32-year-long Maoist insurgency

"He (the ambassador) wanted to get some more details, we gave
them and he conveyed to me that he was going to relay the
information to secure from his government the final decision,"
Guingona said during a media conference. "So today, there is
still no final determination."

The NPA is the 11,000-strong guerrilla unit of the Communist
Party of the Philippines. The group's political wing the,
National Democratic Front, has already sent an advance team of
negotiators here, led by Luis Jalandoni, to lay the groundwork
for the talks.

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