Morning Star.png Communist Rebels to Talk Peace with Duterte The Morning Star, London, 3 June 2016 Filipino communist revolutionaries said yesterday that stalled peace talks could resume in July, while warning that their demand for the expulsion of US troops was "non-negotiable." Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) negotiator Fidel Agcaoili told a Manila press conference that the rebels would meet representatives of newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte's government in Europe this month to discuss the resumption of talks after years of hiatus. "We have always stood on the basis of principled self-respect and national sovereignty," Mr Agcaoili said. "We cannot allow the presence of US military bases here." He said the CPP would also negotiate an end to the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement allowing the US to hold large-scale military exercises. Mr Duterte, who takes office on June 30, has offered two cabinet posts to allies of the CPP. Meanwhile, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter claimed that Washington's military alliance with Manila remained "ironclad" despite Mr Duterte's calls for an independent policy. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-3f60-Philippines-Communist-rebels-set-t o-talk-peace-with-Duterte#.V1E2W_l9601 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
