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All participants in Myanmar's 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference expressed their aspirations for peace in the country at the second day session which ended Thursday evening.
According to conference convening committee member Dr. Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong, all participants agreed to establish a union based on democracy and federal system as envisioned in the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) for peace building.
Participants attend the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference at the Myanmar International Convention Centre in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Sept. 1, 2016. Photo By:Xinhua/U Aung.
U Hla Maung Shwe, another member of the conference convening committee, told Xinhua that the conference has been going smoother than expected.
Thursday's session was held with group-wise discussions, with parties and organizations presenting their policies and stances.
U Sai Kyaw Nyunt, representative of Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) also told Xinhua that the government representative submitted a point calling for establishing federal democracy.
An advisory member of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), U Win Htein, said some presentations on Thursday are practical, while some are not, referring to the demand by three ethnic groups for self-administered state.
Group-wise discussions for the third day session of the conference will continue later on Friday.
At the first day session, the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC), the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) and the Preparatory Committee for the Panglong Peace Conference submitted their reports on the framework for political dialogue to the conference.
Participants agreed to continue reviewing the framework for political dialogue and start the dialogue at national level right after the conference.
The 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference of Myanmar, which aims to unite all ethnic nationalities and build a democratic federal union through dialogue, kicked off in Nay Pyi Taw Wednesday.
The four-day historical conference gathered about 1,600 representatives from the government, the parliament, the military, political parties, ethnic armed and non-armed organizations and civil society organizations.
(APD)
