Government and Karenni to hold fresh NCA talks
Government and Karenni to hold fresh NCA talks
Myanmar Times, 05 Mar 2018
URL: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/government-and-karenni-hold-fresh-nca-talks.html
The government and the armed ethnic group Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) have agreed to hold another round of talks on Wednesday to discuss the group’s signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), a government spokesman told The Myanmar Times.
“We’ve agreed to meet next week for negotiation about peace. We don’t have restrictions on which topic would be discussed but we will hold discussions based on points they would present,” said U Aung Soe, spokesman of the government’s Peace Commission.
The KNPP said its decision on whether or not to sign the NCA would depend on the outcome of the Tatmadaw (military) investigation of the killing of its members in December 2017, allegedly by government troops.
Before Wednesday’s meeting, the KNPP will hold preliminary discussions within the party to ensure it is prepared with its own agenda when it meets with the government, said Khu Nye Reh.
On December 19 last year KNPP members manning a checkpoint on a highway in Kayah State stopped a convoy of Tatmadaw soldiers.
An argument ensued between the two groups and the Tatmadaw arrested four KNPP members and one local resident. The next day three of those arrested and the civilian were found dead. One KNPP member was able to escape.
“We’ve agreed to meet next week for negotiation about peace. We don’t have restrictions on which topic would be discussed but we will hold discussions based on points they would present,” said U Aung Soe, spokesman of the government’s Peace Commission.
The KNPP said its decision on whether or not to sign the NCA would depend on the outcome of the Tatmadaw (military) investigation of the killing of its members in December 2017, allegedly by government troops.
Before Wednesday’s meeting, the KNPP will hold preliminary discussions within the party to ensure it is prepared with its own agenda when it meets with the government, said Khu Nye Reh.
On December 19 last year KNPP members manning a checkpoint on a highway in Kayah State stopped a convoy of Tatmadaw soldiers.
An argument ensued between the two groups and the Tatmadaw arrested four KNPP members and one local resident. The next day three of those arrested and the civilian were found dead. One KNPP member was able to escape.