Stressing Unity, UNFC Forms New Team to Lead Peace Dialogue
Stressing Unity, UNFC Forms New Team to Lead Peace Dialogue
The Irrawaddy, 22 Feb 2016
URL: http://www.irrawaddy.com/burma/stressing-unity-unfc-forms-new-team-to-lead-peace-dialogue.html
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — a meeting of ethnic armed groups in Thailand ended on Sunday with the forming of two separate teams tasked with resolving ongoing conflict in northern Shan State and leading peace negotiations with the incoming government.
During the four-day meeting in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, nearly 50 leaders of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) discussed developments in the country’s military and political affairs as well as the prospects for federalism.
One of the outcomes of the meeting was the creation of a five-member “negotiation team” led by Nai Hong Sar, a senior negotiator for Burma’s ethnic armed groups.
The body will aim to reduce tensions between UNFC member the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Shan State Army-South (SSA-S), a non-member.
During the four-day meeting in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, nearly 50 leaders of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) discussed developments in the country’s military and political affairs as well as the prospects for federalism.
One of the outcomes of the meeting was the creation of a five-member “negotiation team” led by Nai Hong Sar, a senior negotiator for Burma’s ethnic armed groups.
The body will aim to reduce tensions between UNFC member the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Shan State Army-South (SSA-S), a non-member.