The new round will be inHpa-an, Kachin state, according to a joint statement on the two sides’talks on ceasefire in Myitgyina, Kachin, which has not provided aspecific date for it.
The ceasefire talks,initially scheduled for November 4 till November 5 evening, were wrappedup before noon on November 5. It was attended by the government peacenegotiators who were led by President Office Minister Aung Min and therepresentatives of 16 ethnic armed groups.
According to thestatement, though no significant results were achieved, the sidesreiterated their commitment to proceed with the peace process through anationwide ceasefire, crafting a framework for a political dialogue andthe eventual holding of the political dialogue.
At the meeting, both sides confirmed it is impossible to have anationwide ceasefire agreement signed within this month as thegovernment has originally planned.
The Myitkyina meeting was thefirst peace talks between the government and representatives of ethnicarmed groups. The historical talks involved the largest number of ethnicarmed groups.
Earlier on November 2, leaders of 17 ethnicarmed groups signed an 11-point framework agreement to prepare for anationwide ceasefire deal with the Government.
Theagreement, reached at the end of a meeting of the ethnic armed groups’leaders in Laiza, Kachin state, calls for holding political dialogueswith the Government at the soonest possible time and laying down apolitical roadmap acceptable for both sides.-VNA
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