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Peace Process: Three-Day Meeting Reached Eight Common Agreements

19 February 2020
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2020-02-19 10:39

Government officials and representatives of ethnic armed organizations signed in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement concluded three-day meeting on Tuesday in Yangon.

Totaling eight common agreements have reached to implement the decisions of the 8th Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting on the NCA. The meeting also discussed preparations for holding the 4th edition of Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong as scheduled within the first four months of 2020, peace procedures beyond 2020 and implementation processes.

In his conclusion remark on the meeting, NCA-S EAO’s Negotiation Leader Sao Sai Ngin said, “The meeting turned out positive results after detailed discussions. We could adopt plans for holding he Union Peace Conference within scheduled period.” The meeting successfully discussed preparations for holding public consultation and the upcoming UPDJC meeting will approve the preparatory measures.

They also exchanged views on possible scenarios to persuade non-signatories into NCA. Vice Chairman of NRPC and Union Attorney General U Tun Tun Oo also said, “We made single text agreements during the three-day meeting. The remaining parts will be discussed in the future.

We also agreed on the three implementation processes after 2020. It is hopeful we could approve some points for democracy and federal topics in upcoming meetings.”

The final day of the meeting was attended by Vice Chairman of NRPC and Union Attorney General U Tun Tun Oo, military officers from the Office of Commander in Chief (Army) Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, Lt-Gen Min Naung and Lt-Gen Tin Maung Win, Secretary of Peace Commission Retired Lt-Gen Khin Zaw Oo, Pyithu Hluttaw MP U Pyone Cho (a) U Htay Win Aung, Advisor of Peace Commission U Hla Maung Shwe, as well as Director-General U Zaw Htay of the Ministry of the State Counsellor’s Office. The EAO representatives included NCA Framework Negotiation Team Leader Sao Sai Ngin, its negotiator and members.

Peace Commission’s Advisor U Hla Maung Shwe and NCA-S EAO representative Nai Aung Ma Ngay held a press conference on the three-day meeting. “The next round of JMC meeting is scheduled on 10, 11 and 12 March. We discussed seven decisions, from 2 to 8, of JICM.

The working group meeting will also be held in Yangon on 5, 6 and 7 next month. The UPDJC secretary meeting will be organized in Nay Pyi Taw on 10 March, and the UPDJC will meet on 12 March, according to U Hla Maung Shwe.
 

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