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The Libya–Philippines relations refers to the bilateral relationship between the State of Libya and the Republic of the Philippines. Libya has an embassy in Manila and the Philippines has an embassy in Tripoli. ==Gaddafi Era== Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafis' foreign policy significantly covered the Philippines, particularly Mindanao. After the 1971 Manili massacre, claiming the lives of many Filipino Muslims in Cotobato, Gaddafi provided military aid to the secessionist group, Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), and provided them shelter and training in Tripoli. In subsequent meetings of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Libya took the lead to discuss the issues being faced by Filipino Muslims. Libya also got support from its fellow OIC member, Malaysia, which at that time was experiencing diplomatic tension with Manila over the foiling of Operation Merdeka, a destabilisation program to encourage dissent on non-Malay ethnic groups on the Malaysian state of Sabah. In 1972 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the OIC officially expressed for the first time its “serious concern for the plight of the Filipino Muslims.” At the Fourth Islamic Conference in Benghazi in 1973, Libya took a strong initiative for the OIC to adopt a strong resolution against the Philippines expressing resolution expressing “deep concern over the reported repression and mass extermination of Muslims in Southern Philippines and (urging) the Philippine government to halt these operations immediately.” Indonesia, persuaded the OIC to put the issue of Filipino Muslims into the OIC's agenda.〔 Through Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos' diplomacy, the OIC soften its stance against the Philippines and took advantage of the MNLF's membership in the organization to start negotiations between the secessionist group and the Philippine government. Diplomatic relations between Libya and the Philippines were formally established in 1976 with the signing of a Joint Communique. An agreement was signed in 1976 in Tripoli which made the MNLF drop its secessionist goal in favor of autonomy. However the pact was short-lived due to President Marcos' insistence to hold a pleibiscite to determine which province wanted to be part of the autonomous region. By 1978, the ceasefire was broken until the signing of the GRP-MNLF Peace Agreement in 1996.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/services/cds/agreements/pdf/phil16.pdf )〕 On August 1986, in a 30-minute interview with Brazilian TV Bandeirantes in Tripoli, Muammar Gaddafi admitted that he supported Moro secessionists in Southern Philippines. Gaddafi was interviewed at his home in Tripoli, which was bombed by the United States on April. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Libya–Philippines relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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