Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has vowed to work closely with the Philippines on efforts to maintain peace, particularly in the island region of Mindanao.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—
“We will continue to support your government’s efforts in ensuring peace and stability through various initiatives in southern Philippines,” Bolkiah told President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during their bilateral talk on Saturday.Brunei is part of the International Monitoring Team and the independent decommissioning body in the peace process in Mindanao.
The contingent was stationed in Cotabato City for a year to help in overseeing the process of decommissioning of forces and weapons in Mindanao, which for the body is a key component of the normalization structure in accordance with the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro. This came although the Philippines “extended the Transition Authority for another three years simply because they were unable to do their job during the pandemic,” Marcos told Bolkiah.
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