Date Set for Ethnic Summit
Date Set for Ethnic Summit
Burma News International, 11 Jul 2016
URL: http://www.bnionline.net/news/network-media-group/item/1961-date-set-for-ethnic-summit.html
in Maijayang; the second largest city controlled by the Kachin Independence Organization. The summit that will take on 29 July will be used to prepare for the 21st Century Panglong Conference expected to take place at the end of August.
Karen National Union (KNU) secretary Pado Saw Kwe Htoo Win told reporters: “There are two aims for holding this ethnic armed (group) summit in Maijayang. The first aim is to prepare for the Union Peace Conference (21st Century Panglong Conference). The second aim is to obtain common views and positions of the ethnic people in building a federal union.”
Karenni National Progress Party (KNPP)’s vice chairman Khu Oo Reh said: “We have formed two committees to prepare for the summit. We have formed the preparatory committee with eight members. The other committee is the summit organizing committee. It has been formed with ten members. We have decided to hold the summit with these two committees.”
Karen National Union (KNU) secretary Pado Saw Kwe Htoo Win told reporters: “There are two aims for holding this ethnic armed (group) summit in Maijayang. The first aim is to prepare for the Union Peace Conference (21st Century Panglong Conference). The second aim is to obtain common views and positions of the ethnic people in building a federal union.”
Karenni National Progress Party (KNPP)’s vice chairman Khu Oo Reh said: “We have formed two committees to prepare for the summit. We have formed the preparatory committee with eight members. The other committee is the summit organizing committee. It has been formed with ten members. We have decided to hold the summit with these two committees.”