Moro scholar Abhoud Syed M. Lingga, executive director of the Institute of Bangsamoro Studies, argues that third parties are crucial in the search for peace in Mindanao. “Involvement of third party, as experience in Mindanao peace process demonstrates, is valuable to bring together conflicting parties to talk peace. When negotiations are at a stalemate, third party intervention is useful to break the deadlock,” he writes.
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