MANILA - Officials from Manila will go to Malaysia in an attempt to revive stalled peace talks with the biggest Philippine Muslim separatist movement, a government peace panel said yesterday.

Four advisers to President Gloria Arroyo will depart to meet representatives of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Kuala Lumpur, said Josita Andot, the panel's director.

She said that the talks would be "mainly exploratory" but the biggest challenge was to restore the discussion process to the level before negotiations stalled due to a new round of fighting earlier this year.