The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will not engage in word war with MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari relating to his stinging remarks contained in his speech during the opening session of the Tripartite Meeting Meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 10, 2007. The speech was read for him by Almarin Tillah, the brother of former Senator Santanina Rasul.

Khaled Musa, deputy chairman of the MILF Committee on Information, told Luwaran that the MILF leadership fully grasps the difficult situation confronting the MNLF leader, who has been detained for more than six years and whose release is dependent on the mercy of the government.

He said a person who is not free and practically caged for years usually speaks with intense emotions and vents his ire on people or groups whom he believed are stumbling blocks to what he thinks is the right way of doing things.
 
“We understand him and we hope he will be freed soon.”
 
He said the MILF will not resort to word war but to dialogue and reach out to our brothers in the various factions of the MNLF that what the MILF intends to sign with the government is better than the 1996 GRP-MNLF Final Peace Agreement in all aspects.He also said the MILF will explain to the MNLF leaders that the MILF leaders have no personal agenda once a peace deal with the government is realized but for the benefits of the entire Bangsamoro people.
 
However, he said the MILF is preparing a paper which will outline the comparison between the GRP-MNLF FPA and the various points so far agreed by the GRP and MILF negotiators in order to showcase where the difference between the two agreements lies.
 
The MILF is also planning to send a delegation to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in order to brief the OIC about the progress of the GRP-MILF Peace Talks.

In July 2006, the Malaysian government had arranged a special meeting with the OIC Assistant Secretary General for International Relations Atta El-Manan Bakheit for a joint briefing by the GRP and MILF peace panels. Secretary Silvestre Afable Jr. led the government delegation and Mohagher Iqbal the MILF group.
 
Before the joint briefing took place, there was first separate briefing for the OIC official by the GRP and MILF peace panels.

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