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Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Akihiko Tanaka, president of Japan International Cooperation Agency, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles (from L) are seen at an international conference on the Mindanao peace process, in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on June 23, 2014.

Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, delivers a speech at an international conference on the Mindanao peace process in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on June 23, 2014.

MILF head says rebel groups likely to sign peace deals

MILF head says rebel groups likely to sign peace deals

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks in an interview in June 2014.

Philippine Muslim rebels sign peace pact with gov't

Philippine Muslim rebels sign peace pact with gov't

MANILA, Philippines - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, signs a comprehensive peace agreement with the central government at the Presidential Palace in Manila on March 27, 2014, ending 17 years of negotiations and more than four decades of insurgency mainly in the southern island of Mindanao. MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim (far L, back), Philippine President Benigno Aquino (2nd from R, back), and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (3rd from R, back), who served as facilitator, and others witnessed the signing.

Philippine Muslim rebel leader

Philippine Muslim rebel leader

MAGUINDANAO, Philippines - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippine Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Maguindanao Province on Mindanao, the Philippines, on Oct. 27, 2012.

Philippine Muslim rebel leader

Philippine Muslim rebel leader

MANILA, Philippines - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, speaks at a press conference at the group's main camp in Maguindanao province on the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines, on Sept. 5, 2011.

Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (C) poses for photos at a vocational training facility for women in Maguindanao Province in the southern island of Mindanao on Aug. 18, 2011. Urabe visited Camp Darapanan, the administrative headquarters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest Muslim rebel group, in the province the same day and held talks with its leader Al Haj Ebrahim Murad.

Filipino rebel leader vows to keep abiding by peace accord

Filipino rebel leader vows to keep abiding by peace accord

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippines' Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front, tells Kyodo News in Cotabato on Mindanao Island on March 16, 2015, that the January clash between MILF and Filipino police forces would not affect the peace accord sealed with the Philippine government a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

FEATURE: Philippines' top Muslim rebel sets eyes on normal life

FEATURE: Philippines' top Muslim rebel sets eyes on normal life

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, talks to Kyodo News on March 16, 2015, at the group's administrative camp in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao on Mindanao island. Murad has remain committed to the peace process and even sets his eyes on living a normal life even if some legislators are hesitant to implement key components of the peace agreement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Philippine Muslim rebel leader says committed to peace process

Philippine Muslim rebel leader says committed to peace process

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on March 16, 2015, at Camp Darapanan, the group's administrative foothold in the southern province of Maguindanao on Mindanao Island. Despite recent setbacks in the Mindanao peace process, Murad stressed that the group's commitment remains unchanged. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Philippine Muslim rebel leader

Philippine Muslim rebel leader

MANILA, Philippines - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, speaks at a press conference at the group's main camp in Maguindanao province on the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines, on Sept. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

Philippine president, Muslim rebel chief meet secretly in Japan

Philippine president, Muslim rebel chief meet secretly in Japan

MANILA, Philippines - Supplied photo shows Philippine President Benigno Aquino (R) and Al Haj Ebrahim Murad, leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, holding talks at a hotel near Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2011. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine presidential office)(Kyodo)

Philippine president, Muslim rebel chief meet secretly in Japan

Philippine president, Muslim rebel chief meet secretly in Japan

MANILA, Philippines - Supplied photo shows Philippine President Benigno Aquino (far R) and Al Haj Ebrahim Murad (2nd from R), leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, chatting at a hotel near Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2011. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine presidential office)(Kyodo)

Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (C) poses for photos at a vocational training facility for women in Maguindanao Province in the southern island of Mindanao on Aug. 18, 2011. Urabe visited Camp Darapanan, the administrative headquarters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest Muslim rebel group, in the province the same day and held talks with its leader Al Haj Ebrahim Murad. (Kyodo)

MILF head says rebel groups likely to sign peace deals

MILF head says rebel groups likely to sign peace deals

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks in an interview in June 2014. (Kyodo)

MILF chairman in Hiroshima

MILF chairman in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, is interviewed in Hiroshima on June 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, delivers a speech at an international conference on the Mindanao peace process in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on June 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Akihiko Tanaka, president of Japan International Cooperation Agency, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles (from L) are seen at an international conference on the Mindanao peace process, in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on June 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

Japan foreign minister, MILF chairman

Japan foreign minister, MILF chairman

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2019, shows Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (R) and Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, shaking hands in Davao, the Philippines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo