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Duterte says he could possibly meet NDFP negotiators in the PHL


President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace negotiators Fidel Agcaoili and Luis Jalandoni had sought a meeting with him in the Philippines.

"Agcaoili and Jalandoni, I will not keep it a secret, I do not want confidential-confidential, pupunta dito sabi nila gusto nila ako kausapin," said Duterte, who was was in Puerto Princesa for the Subaraw Biodiversity Festival.

"Ang problema nila kapag hulihin sila. Sabi ko talagang huhulihin kayo," the president added.

"So nagtawag ako ng cluster meeting kasali ng mga military. [I asked them,] ‘So what do you think?' Sabi nila, baka, baka pa lang. It's not a very big margin there. Pero baka pa lang."

Duterte said he would make an announcement on the matter after he returns from the November 13-15 ASEAN summit in Singapore.

The president terminated peace negotiations with the CPP-NDFP November of last year, just two days before the fifth round of formal talks in Oslo, Norway. — DVM, GMA News