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Myanmar gov't willing to seek ways for all-inclusive ceasefire pact signing: negotiator

Xinhua, August 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Myanmar government is willing to seek ways for an all-inclusive nationwide cesasefire signing, a peace negotiator for the government said Thursday at the ninth round of ceasefire talks ongoing at the Myanmar Peace Center here in Yangon.

Speaking at the opening of the talks, Vice Chairman of the government's Union Peace Making Work Committee (UPWC) and Minister at the President's Office U Aung Min expressed hope that both sides make efforts for the finalization of the draft nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) and produce good results.

Leader of the ethnic group's Senior Delegation (SD) Naw Zipporah Sein, who is also vice chairperson of the Karen National Union (KNU), said that genuine peace could not be achieved unless the ceasefire signing is all-inclusive, adding that she believed the government would seek the best way for its realization.

The ceasefire talks were attended by U.N. and Chinese special envoys as observers.

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

The government on its part has indicated readiness to complete the formal signing over the draft NCA as soon as possible once it is endorsed by top leadership of the ethnic side.

According to the draft NCA, the formal NCA signing by leaders of both sides is to be further forwarded to the parliament for approval and a framework for political dialogue is to be drawn within two months with the dialogue to take place within three months.

The peace process began in November 2013 when UPWC and NCCT met in Myitgyina, Kachin state's capital for the first time for the nationwide ceasefire talks, while the latest eighth round of talks took place in Yangon on July 22. Endi