MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government said Thursday it will resume peace talks with communist rebels, stalled since 2001, following a meeting with exiled guerrilla leaders in the Netherlands.

The government pulled out of the last round of talks after guerrillas killed a former congressman they accused of human rights violations.

The United States and the European Union included the New People's Army on their lists of foreign terrorist organizations last year. Since then, the rebels, who have been fighting for a Marxist state for more than three decades, have stepped up attacks.