NAYPYITAW-----Plans are underway to hold discussions between ethnic armed groups(EAOs) with Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Chairman of State Administration Council (SAC) Senior General Min Aung Hlaing for peace talks and there has been good results, said SAC’s spokesperson Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun at the press conference held in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.
He also said that they already linked to nine signatories of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement(NCA) out of 10 EAOs and those EAOs may attend the peace talk.
There are 11 non-NCA signatories such as United Wa State Army-UWSA and Kachin Independence Army-KIA/Kachin Independence Organization-KIO. Among them, the SAC joined to eight of non-NCA signatories, according to Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun.
“We would like to tell good news in an advance. There will be in perfect conditions for peace dialogue,” said Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun.
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that although the country has been independent for 75 years, ethnic people have not yet thoroughly enjoyed the taste of independence due to armed conflicts. He invited leaders of the ethnic armed organization-EAO to hold talks with the aim of ending armed conflicts across the country. The names of the individuals, who want to attend the peace talks, should be submitted by May 9 at the latest.
However, the People’s Defence Force-PDF and National Unity Government-NUG weren’t invited for peace talks because those organizations were about background history and existence different parts of the EAOs, says Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun.
He also said that some EAOs are now joining hands with the PDF and NUG. If some EAOs will cooperate with PDF and NUG, they must lose their controlled regions.
