UK Foreign Secretary welcomes peace deal with MILF

Marguina Dalamban had her face painted with a Bangsamoro emblem as she joins the celebration at the Cotabato City Paza while waiting for the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. (MindaNews photo by TOTO LOZANO)

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/28 March) – UK Foreign Secretary William Hague hailed the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for the Bangsamoro (CAB) Thursday.

“I wish to express my warm congratulations to the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on the formal signing on 27 March of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for the Bangsamoro,” Hague said in a statement issued a few hours after the CAB was signed in Malacanang.

The agreement is seen to finally put an end to the decades-old Moro rebellion in Mindanao.

“The UK wholeheartedly supports the agreement. Its full implementation will bring great benefits for Mindanao and the Philippines. It will also be an inspiring example of how political leadership and democracy can rise above violence and division to provide the security and prosperity that all people want and deserve,” Hague said.

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