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Myanmar gov't agrees to 4 points demanded by non-signatories to ceasefire accord

Xinhua, October 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar government has agreed to four out of eight points demanded by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) which represents the non-signatories to the Nationwide Cease fire Accord (NCA), official media quoted the President's Office as reporting Wednesday.

In a framework review meeting between the government's Peace Commission and UNFC's Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) in Yangon Tuesday on the the occasion of the anniversary of NCA, the peace commission also agreed to the remaining four points in principle, leaving them for further negotiation, said U Zaw Htay, Deputy Director-General of the President's Office.

The gathering aimed to hold a national level political dialogue and to pave way for non-signatory armed groups to join the NCA to complete the signing.

The terms of reference, drafted by the representatives from the government, ethnic armed groups and political parties, are yet to be approved, said Dr. Tin Myo Win, Chairman of the Peace Commission.

Myanmar will hold the nation-level political dialogues in November as agreed at the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference, according to a decision made at a meeting on reviewing the framework for the political dialogue which ended in Yangon last Saturday.

The national-level political dialogues are expected to represent all-inclusiveness with opinions and voices of the people including ethnic people, in order to establish a union based on democracy and federal system as envisioned in the NCA for peace building.

The prior four-day Panglong conference, which aims to unite all ethnic groups in Myanmar and build a democratic federal union through dialogue, took place in Nay Pyi Taw in August-September with participants agreeing to find solutions through coordination and discussions towards the goal of achieving peace under the guideline of NCA.

The 17 ethnic armed organizations present at the conference included eight signatories and seven non-signatories to the NCA, represented by the UNFC, as well as Mongla and Wa groups. Enditem