KNU on Track to ‘Resume Participation in Peace Process'
KNU on Track to ‘Resume Participation in Peace Process'
Network Media Group, 05 Feb 2019
URL: https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/knu-track-resume-participation-peace-process
Padoh Saw Thamein Tun, a member of the KNU’s central executive committee (CEC), told NMG this week that his organization will restart formal talks with the Burmese government “soon.”
The temporary withdrawal was due to issues on which the parties remain deadlocked, he explained, and said the KNU needed time to discuss and establish its positions within its own peace negotiating team, so they could represent the whole organization in talks.
“We are going to start again after this celebration, very soon. I don’t want to tell all of the details, because our central headquarters will release an official statement. We have a plan to meet top leaders including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing. We will meet them ahead of time, before we participate in negotiation meetings,” Padoh Saw Thamein Tun said.
There have been different interpretations of the NCA—on which the peace process is based—by the KNU, the government and the Tatmadaw, as well as challenges in implementing the agreement, according to KNU vice chairperson Padoh Kwe Htoo Win.
“In general, we have the same basic common objectives, but we have different views on implementing the peace process. That’s why we have difficulties,” the vice chairperson said. “The views of the Burma Army are different from the government and other EAOs [ethnic armed organizations], as as well as from the people. There are many different views on it.”
The temporary withdrawal was due to issues on which the parties remain deadlocked, he explained, and said the KNU needed time to discuss and establish its positions within its own peace negotiating team, so they could represent the whole organization in talks.
“We are going to start again after this celebration, very soon. I don’t want to tell all of the details, because our central headquarters will release an official statement. We have a plan to meet top leaders including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing. We will meet them ahead of time, before we participate in negotiation meetings,” Padoh Saw Thamein Tun said.
There have been different interpretations of the NCA—on which the peace process is based—by the KNU, the government and the Tatmadaw, as well as challenges in implementing the agreement, according to KNU vice chairperson Padoh Kwe Htoo Win.
“In general, we have the same basic common objectives, but we have different views on implementing the peace process. That’s why we have difficulties,” the vice chairperson said. “The views of the Burma Army are different from the government and other EAOs [ethnic armed organizations], as as well as from the people. There are many different views on it.”