The long stalled formal peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has finally resumed on August 22 in Oslo, Norway.
Here are some scenes during the opening program of the talks.
Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Jesus Dureza takes a selfie with Communist Party of the Philippines Founder Jose Maria Sison outside the Scandic Holmenkollen Park Hotel. (Manila Today Photo) The NDFP delegation meets at the lobby before proceeding to the Nobel Hall. (Manila Today Photo) Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista attends the formal peace talks as adviser to the Government of the Philippines peace panel. (Manila Today Photo) Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, NDFP consultants and whom the Philippine government tagged as Communist Party of the Philippines Chair and Secretary General respectively, join the formal peace talks for the first time. (Manila Today Photo) Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende welcomes the GPH and the NDFP in the opening of the talks. (Manila Today Photo/Jon Bustamante)
The Norwegian Government Foreign Minister Børge Brende met with the Government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines at the opening of peace talks in the Nobel Hall of Scandic Holmenkollen Park Hotel on August 22, 9am (Oslo time). (Manila Today Photo) The GPH peace panel presented the Norwegian Foreign Minister and the Special Envoy to the Peace Talks with souvenirs from Davao’s Kadayawan festival. (Manila Today Photo/Jon Bustamante) Norwegian Special Envoy to the Philippine peace process Elisabeth Slåttum receives compliments from GPH and NDFP peace panels. (Manila Today Photo/Jon Bustamante) Jose Maria Sison, NDFP Chief Political Consultant, delivers his remarks at the opening ceremony. (Manila Today Photo/Jon Bustamante) Luis Jalandoni, NDFP Peace Panel Chair, delivers the NDFP opening statement. (Manila Today Photo/Jon Bustamante)
The GPH Presidential Adviser to the Peace Process Sec. Jesus Dureza delivers his remarks at the opening ceremonies. (Manila Today Photo/Jon Bustamante) Labor Secretary and GPH Peace Panel Chair Silvestre Bello III deliver the GPH opening statement. (Manila Today Photo/Jon Bustamante) Migrante Europe presented their peace agenda to the GPH and NDFP peace panels. (Manila Today Photo/Jon Bustamante) The GPH and NDFP peace panels meet again on the formal peace tables after five years. (Manila Today Photo) The GPH and NDFP peace panels meet again on the formal peace tables after five years. (Manila Today Photo) GPH and NDFP formal greeting during the opening of the peace talks on August 22. (Manila Today Photo) GPH consultants, giving the Duterte fist, would participate in the working groups for the three remaining substantive agendas: Social and Economic Reforms, Political and Constitutional Reforms and End of Hostilities and Dispostion of Forces. (Manila Today Photo/Jon Bustamante) GPH and NDFP delegations, both in Filipiniana attire, had photos of their delegation taken after the press con. (Manila Today Photo) GPH and NDFP delegations, both in Filipiniana attire, had photos of their delegation taken after the press con. (Manila Today Photo)
