STATE Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has urged stakeholders in Myanmar’s peace process to have a giving mind-set rather than a taking mind-set when they sit at the negotiation table for national reconciliation and internal peace.

“Concerning national reconciliation and internal peace, what counts is for all participants to discuss on the basis of what they can give rather than what they would like to take,” said State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at a meeting held at the Presidential Palace yesterday to coordinate matters relating to formation of the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) and preparations for the 21st-Century Panglong Conference.

She went on to say that discussions are to be based on Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) but with flexibility and that the meeting’s agenda is to be reset through reviewing the political dialogue framework.

“In the transformation of the Myanmar Peace Centre (MPC) into the NRPC, the NRPC will become a government organisation under the ministry of the State Counsellor’s Office and it is, therefore, necessary for this organisation to abide by the budgetary regulations as well as civil service regulations,” said Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, adding NRPC will have its head office in Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon MPC will be transformed into Yangon Branch of NRPC.

Regarding convening of the 21st-Century Panglong Conference, a suitable place will be selected, and the NRPC formation process will be led by U Kyaw Tint Swe, said the State Counsellor. A preparatory committee for convening the 21st-Century Panglong Conference will be formed, and a sub-committee will also be formed to coordinate the continuation of discussions with indigenous armed organisations that have already signed the NCA.