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Union peace conference to be held in Myanmar in January

Xinhua, December 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

A union peace conference will be held in Myanmar on Jan. 12, 2016, three days ahead of the scheduled first round of a national level formal dialogue, the President's Office said Friday.

The peace conference will focus on resolving the political problems for ending the country's armed conflict and building national reconciliation, based on the recently finalized political dialogue framework, an official announcement said.

The finalized political dialogue framework was submitted to President U Thein Sein after approval on Wednesday for political dialogue between the government and eight ethnic armed groups in Nay Pyi Taw.

A tripartite Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) approved the draft framework inclusive of all stakeholders on Tuesday.

The UPDJC comprises more than a dozen representatives each from the government, ethnic armed groups and political parties that include the election-winning National League for Democracy party, the current ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party, Arakan National Party and Shan National League for Democracy, among others. Endit