MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he will again meet Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chairman Nur Misuari in Davao City.

In a speech in Pasay City, Duterte said he will have a dinner with Misuari and other Moro leaders in Davao City but declined to say what they will discuss.

In November, Duterte met with Misuari in Malacanang.

Since assuming the presidency, Duterte has sought to bring together all Moro groups which had once pushed for secession.

Misuari’s MNLF faction had been hostile towards the administration of Duterte’s predecessor, Benigno Aquino III, claiming it was shut out from the peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2014.

Duterte is now pursuing peace talks with the MNLF factions and MILF.

These peace efforts are being carried out simultaneously with the government’s push to transition the country to a federal parliamentary form of government.