Armed Ethnic Groups to Reshuffle Negotiating Team
Armed Ethnic Groups to Reshuffle Negotiating Team
Myanmar Times, 06 Mar 2019
URL: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/armed-ethnic-groups-reshuffle-negotiating-team.html
Two top members of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) will be replaced to strengthen it, the panel’s leader said on Tuesday.
Saw Mutu Sae Poe, leader of the PPST – which comprises the armed ethnic groups that signed a truce with the government – said the team is meeting to discuss the leadership changes.
Ten armed ethnic groups have signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), which the government says is a precondition for participating in peace negotiations.
"The Karen National Union (KNU) and Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) are reviewing the team’s members based on differences in opinion over its future direction,” said Saw Mutu Sae Poe, who also chairs the KNU. “Our two groups will discuss the matter to change the composition of the PPST. We will make appropriate changes." RCSS leader Yawd Serk is vice chair of the team.
The PPST was established in 2017 when there were only eight NCA signatories. It is trying to find common ground among the 10 NCA signatories on the three topics they want reviewed at the ongoing peace talks.
Saw Mutu Sae Poe, leader of the PPST – which comprises the armed ethnic groups that signed a truce with the government – said the team is meeting to discuss the leadership changes.
Ten armed ethnic groups have signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), which the government says is a precondition for participating in peace negotiations.
"The Karen National Union (KNU) and Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) are reviewing the team’s members based on differences in opinion over its future direction,” said Saw Mutu Sae Poe, who also chairs the KNU. “Our two groups will discuss the matter to change the composition of the PPST. We will make appropriate changes." RCSS leader Yawd Serk is vice chair of the team.
The PPST was established in 2017 when there were only eight NCA signatories. It is trying to find common ground among the 10 NCA signatories on the three topics they want reviewed at the ongoing peace talks.