26 June
The final day of 4th negotiation meeting between the representatives of government and NCA-S EAOs yesterday agreed to convene the 5th edition of their meeting in the first week of July.
The meeting at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre at Shweli Road in Yangon is attended by Vice-Chairman of NRPC and Attorney-General of the Union U Tun Tun Oo, Lt-Gen Yar Pyae of the Ministry of Defence (Army), Lt-Gen Min Naung and Lt-Gen Tin Maung Win, Pyithu Hluttaw MP U Pyone Cho (a) U Htay Win Aung, members of the Peace Commission Advisory Board U Hla Maung Shwe, U Moe Zaw Oo and Director-General of the State Counsellor Office U Zaw Htay.
The NCA-S EAOs were represented by Pado Sao Sai Ngin, Coordination of NCA implementation framework negotiation committee U Myo Win, members of negotiation team U Hla Htay, Saw Mya Yar Zar Lin, Dr Salai Lian Hmon Sakhong, Salai Htarlar Yay, Saw Sein Win, Pado Saw Tar Do Hmu, Pado Saw L Klu Sae, Kya Salmon, Saw Kyaw Nyunt, Nai Aung Ma Ngaw, Dr Sai Oo and Khun Myint Tun, and other representatives on videoconference.
They continued discussions on NCA framework agreement, phase-by-phase workplans and implementations beyond 2020, federal basic principles and schedules for meetings ahead of the 4th Union Conference- 21st Century Panglong which are the provisions for part 3 of Union Accord.
After the meeting, Sao Sai Ngin made a concluding remark, “We also agreed to discuss the remaining issues in the next round of meeting, and schedules for the meetings ahead of the 4th Union Conference were made.”
“The 5th negotiation meeting will be organized on 2,3 and 4 July,” he added.
Union Attorney-General U Tun Tun Oo said, “The JMC-U meeting will be held on 7 and 8 July, and the Conference is set to convene in the second week of August.”
In the afternoon, the representatives of government and NCA-S EAOs shared the discussions to members of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) and political party representatives of UPDJC.
Ye Gaung Nyunt/Phoe Htaung (Translated by Aung Khin)
