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Sultan Kudarat Mayor Tucao Mastura, who is helping oversee the gathering, said health authorities and the Army’s 6th Infantry Division are now busy with their preparations to ensure the success of the dialogue.


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Libyan Ambassador Salem Adam said the top diplomats of the OIC’s Committee of Eight, composed of Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia and Brunei, decided to postpone their trip until such time that the situation in Mindanao improves. 


Adam said they would wait for the Armed Forces’ go-signal before embarking on the fact-finding mission. 

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In a 14-page letter to the Saudi Arabian foreign minister, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, dated last Dec. 5, Misuari sought the "unfailing understanding and support" of Saudi Arabia so he could get out of detention.


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Libyan Ambassador Salem Adam said yesterday they rejected a request from one of the factions of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to grant asylum to Nur Misuari or negotiate for his early release.


Adam said Misuari’s supporters "agreed that they won’t reject the role he played in the front, but we ask them to accept the reality that he is facing charges and is in jail."


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Tong Xiaoling, deputy chief of mission, said captive Zhang Zhung Yi will be freed even without them requesting the Arroyo government to seek the help of Libyan Ambassador Salem Adam.


Tong said they have not asked Adam to intervene in the negotiations for Zhang’s release.


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LIBYAN AMBASSADOR SALEM ADAM

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Mindanao sectoral leaders to gather for three-day dialogue on peace talks

By John Unson | May 27, 2005 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — All is set for what organizers describe as a "mammoth gathering" of sectoral leaders from across Mindanao on May 29-31 in nearby Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao for a dialogue on the prospects...

Nation

OIC envoys postpone trip to South

By Aurea Calica | March 17, 2003 - 12:00am

Ambassadors of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Manila have abandoned plans for a fact-finding mission in the southern Philippines this week due to serious security concerns. Libyan Ambassador Salem...

Nation

Saudi won’t intervene in Misuari’s case

By Aurea Calica | January 25, 2003 - 12:00am

The Saudi Arabian government said yesterday it would not intervene in the case of former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari, who is detained on rebellion charges. In a 14-page letter to...

Nation

Libya won’t grant asylum, meddle in Nur case

By Aurea Calica | January 24, 2003 - 12:00am

No asylum and no intervention. Libyan Ambassador Salem Adam said yesterday they rejected a request from one of the factions of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to grant asylum to Nur Misuari or negotiate...

Nation

Chinese consul confident about captive’s release

By Pia Lee-Brago and John Unson | October 5, 2001 - 12:00am

The consul general of the Chinese Embassy is confident that a Chinese engineer still being held captive by the so-called "Pentagon" kidnapping syndicate in Ma—guindanao, will be safely released soon. Tong...

Nation