Peace Commission, DPN to meet again before May 24
Peace Commission, DPN to meet again before May 24
Myanmar Times, 02 May 2017
URL: http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/25810-peace-commission-dpn-to-meet-again-before-may-24.html
The Peace Commission and the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN), representing seven ethnic armed groups, will meet in the second week of May, before the second round of the 21st-Century Panglong Conference, scheduled for May 24.
The commission had met to discuss a nine-point proposal by the negotiating body of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), the coalition representing the armed groups, last week in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
During the talks, U Aung Kyi, a member of the peace commission said the DPN had proposed some changes to the agreed terms that were discussed at the Yangon meeting on March 3.
“They are a bit different from the previous version of the proposals in terms of terminology and wording that we negotiated with the DPN,” he said.
However, he did not elaborate on what the proposed changes that the DPN had made or the number of changes proposed during the talks held on April 28.
While the meeting minutes would be discussed at the UNFC leadership meeting, U Aung Kyi said the peace commission and the DPN would meet again in May to continue negotiations before the second 21st-Century Panglong Conference.
Officials from the DPN were not reachable for comments yesterday.
Last year, the DPN had proposed nine points to be agreed by the government in order for a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) to be signed.
Negotiations on the points started in earlier March in Yangon after DPN leaders met with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, chair of National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Nay Pyi Taw.
After negotiations earlier in March, the peace commission and the DPN agreed to the nine points “in general” but two of the proposals were referred to relevant peace bodies for further negotiations.
The commission had met to discuss a nine-point proposal by the negotiating body of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), the coalition representing the armed groups, last week in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
During the talks, U Aung Kyi, a member of the peace commission said the DPN had proposed some changes to the agreed terms that were discussed at the Yangon meeting on March 3.
“They are a bit different from the previous version of the proposals in terms of terminology and wording that we negotiated with the DPN,” he said.
However, he did not elaborate on what the proposed changes that the DPN had made or the number of changes proposed during the talks held on April 28.
While the meeting minutes would be discussed at the UNFC leadership meeting, U Aung Kyi said the peace commission and the DPN would meet again in May to continue negotiations before the second 21st-Century Panglong Conference.
Officials from the DPN were not reachable for comments yesterday.
Last year, the DPN had proposed nine points to be agreed by the government in order for a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) to be signed.
Negotiations on the points started in earlier March in Yangon after DPN leaders met with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, chair of National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Nay Pyi Taw.
After negotiations earlier in March, the peace commission and the DPN agreed to the nine points “in general” but two of the proposals were referred to relevant peace bodies for further negotiations.