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Myanmar ethnic armed groups form special team to amend draft ceasefire accord

Xinhua, June 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

Myanmar ethnic armed groups have formed a special team to undertake amendment of the draft nationwide ceasefire accord (NCA) which is seeking adoption at the armed groups' summit conference being held in Law Khee Lar, southeastern Kayin state.

The 15-member special team is led by Naw Zipporah Sein, Vice Chairman of Karen National Union (KNU), involving members from Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and Chin National Front ( CNF).

The draft NCA was preliminarily signed between the government's Union Peace-Making Work Committee (UPWC) and the ethnic groups' Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) at the end of March after conclusion of more than one year's negotiation on the NCA.

The NCCT will remain unchanged as peace negotiator of the ethnic side, a member of NCCT said.

Once the draft NCA is adopted by the ethnic summit conference, formal signing will be done with the government side which has expressed readiness for the move on its part.

The Law Khee Lar conference, sponsored by ethnic armed groups' NCCT, is a follow-up of a six-day summit of ethnic armed groups, sponsored by the United Wa State Army (UWSA) in Panghsang, the self-administered zone of the Wa ethnic group in northern Shan state, in early May. Endi