THE MILITARY is upbeat on the prospects of peace talks between the government and the Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), saying “no problems” with the ceasefire in Mindanao have been encountered so far.

Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Efren Abu, citing the assessment of international ceasefire monitors, said the MILF had been “very cooperative.”

“The ceasefire is going very well. There have been no problems so far,” Abu told reporters in Camp Aguinaldo.

Abu added that recent skirmishes in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao province were due to a “family feud,” not tension between government and rebel troops.

The Chief of Staff spokes to the press after meeting with officials of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, who will join the ceasefire monitors later Wednesday.