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Article: Arroyo's mission assured of full Sabah cooperation.(Main News)
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- September 3, 2002
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Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas F. Ople said yesterday the interagency special mission sent by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to Malaysia has been warmly received in Kota Kinabalu, capital of Sabah, and has received assurance from Sabah authorities, led by the chief minister, of full cooperation in easing the burden of mass deportation for illegal Filipinos in Sabah.
Ople told the Cabinet meeting yesterday that Ambassador Jose Brilliantes had reported a "euphoria of goodwill" on the part of Malaysian federal and state authorities who have offered them Malaysian Air Force aircraft to take them to their destinations in Sandakan, Tawau, and other ports where the ...