text: 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 .