OSLO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government and communist rebels resumed their peace talks on Monday in Norway's capital city Oslo to end Asia's longest-running insurgency, NTB news agency reported.
The talks are scheduled on Aug. 22-26 between the negotiating panels of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, the umbrella organization of Marxist groups including the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed group, the New People's Army.
Norway's foreign minister Borge Brende said it was good to see the parties gathered in Oslo on a historic day and Norway felt a great responsibility as a facilitator for the talks.
"We shall have five very demanding days here," Brende was quoted as saying at an opening ceremony of the talks in the Holmenkollen Park Hotel northwest of Olso.
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