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Myanmar gov't, ethnic armed groups agree to seek ways for conflict reduction

Xinhua, March 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Peace negotiators of the Myanmar government and ethnic armed groups, in their first day of resumed peace talks in Yangon Tuesday, agreed to seek political ways for reducing conflict referring to the current fighting in Kokang region and Kachin state.

Participants agreed to take the lesson out of the current issues to prevent recurrence through understanding building, according to a press conference held at the end of the first-day talks.

The topic for discussion was raised by the 16 ethnic armed groups' Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) at the talks held at the Myanmar Peace Center.

Peace negotiators of the Myanmar government and ethnic armed groups resumed their formal 7th round of peace talks here Tuesday focusing on eight remaining points out of 104 of the draft nationwide ceasefire accord left by the previous talks in a bid to push for its finalization.

The peace talks, preliminarily set for six days, is being participated by representatives of the parliament, military officials and government ministers.

Ever since the 1950s and 1960s, there has been in existence of a number of ethnic armed groups. Since U Thein Sein's government took office in March 2011, it has vigorously pushed the process of national reconciliation, having realized ceasefire with 14 ethnic armed groups individually out of 16 and it is now moving forward to a nationwide ceasefire and then proceed to political dialogue for firm and lasting peace in this southeast Asian nation. Endi