Ambassador Lininding Pangandaman and Yusup Abubakar met with the Islamic delegations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Conference adopted Resolution No. 18 on 25 June 1974, which recognized the “complexity of the problem as it relates to an independent and sovereign state.” It took note “of the steps taken by the Philippine Government to improve the condition of the Muslims,” and urged “the Philippine Government to find a political and peaceful solution through negotiation with Muslim leaders, particularly with representatives of the MNLF in order to arrive at a just solution to the plight of the Filipino Muslims within the framework of national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Philippines.”
Source: Fidel V. Ramos, Break not the Peace: the story of the GRP-MNLF peace negotiations, 1992-1996