Manila hails Indonesia , OIC for peace deal support .
MANILA 1996-08-31
Philippine president Fidel Ramos expressed gratitude to Indonesian president Suharto and the Organisation of Islamic Conference ( OIC ) on Saturday for supporting talks that ended a conflict with local Moslem rebels .
" I extend the deepest gratitude ... to your excellency for your untiring and invaluable friendship and support , " Ramos told Suharto in a letter .
The full text of the letter was released to reporters on Saturday .
Jakarta served as the host to the series of negotiations which culminated in the initialling of the agreement last Friday .
The formal signing of the peace agreement is scheduled on Monday in Manila .
Ramos said the peace agreement " shall bring down the curtain on a long and storied era of strife in Philippine history . "
The war claimed more than 125,000 lives in the southern Mindanao island over a quarter of a century .