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Philippines ends stay of foreign peacekeepers in the south

FILE - Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, right, hands over documents to Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal during the turnover ceremony of the Draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines on Sept. 10, 2014. Foreign peacekeepers credited with helping ease years of bloody fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels have left the southern Philippines after officials terminated their presence but talks are underway to allow their possible return, officials and the rebels said Friday July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) FILE - Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, front left, chairperson of Philippine Government Peace Panel, and Mohagher Iqbal, front right, chief negotiator for the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), exchange signed documents as Malaysian facilitator Abdul Ghafar Tengku Mohamed, front center, witnesses after the 43rd GPH-MILF Exploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Jan. 25, 2014. Foreign peacekeepers credited with helping ease years of bloody fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels have left the southern Philippines after officials terminated their presence but talks are underway to allow their possible return, officials and the rebels said Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)
Philippines ends stay of foreign peacekeepers in the south