KNPP, Peace Commission Hold Informal Meeting
KNPP, Peace Commission Hold Informal Meeting
Network Media Group, 16 Jan 2019
URL: https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/knpp-peace-commission-hold-informal-meeting
The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Burmese government’s Peace Commission held an informal meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Tuesday.
The meeting was held to discuss issues leaving the two sides in deadlock regarding the possibility of the KNPP signing Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the government and military.
“Our KNPP discussed two points. The first one is what has happened in KNPP-controlled areas in 2018. The second one is that we have issues on which we are deadlocked,” KNPP spokesperson Nei Neh Plo told NMG. “We discussed how the government could compromise with us and move the process forward.”
A Peace Commission delegation led by the retired Lt-Gen Khin Zaw Oo, and a KNPP delegation led by vice chairman Khu Oo Reh attended the meeting, which lasted around three hours.
According to the KNPP, the Peace Commission will send a representative to a monthly state-level meeting in Karenni State to address problems on the ground. Depending on the results of this move, the KNPP will continue negotiations around signing the NCA.
Members of the Peace Commission described Tuesday’s informal meeting as beneficial.
“It was a good meeting between us. We got positive results,” Peace Commission member and President’s Office spokesperson U Zaw Htay told reporters.
The meeting was held to discuss issues leaving the two sides in deadlock regarding the possibility of the KNPP signing Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the government and military.
“Our KNPP discussed two points. The first one is what has happened in KNPP-controlled areas in 2018. The second one is that we have issues on which we are deadlocked,” KNPP spokesperson Nei Neh Plo told NMG. “We discussed how the government could compromise with us and move the process forward.”
A Peace Commission delegation led by the retired Lt-Gen Khin Zaw Oo, and a KNPP delegation led by vice chairman Khu Oo Reh attended the meeting, which lasted around three hours.
According to the KNPP, the Peace Commission will send a representative to a monthly state-level meeting in Karenni State to address problems on the ground. Depending on the results of this move, the KNPP will continue negotiations around signing the NCA.
Members of the Peace Commission described Tuesday’s informal meeting as beneficial.
“It was a good meeting between us. We got positive results,” Peace Commission member and President’s Office spokesperson U Zaw Htay told reporters.