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Myanmar ethnic leaders are planning to gather again at their summit to have further discussions on a second draft single text document before a next formal meeting between negotiators of the government and the ethnic armed groups, state media reported Wednesday.
Quoting Secretary-General of the Karen (also known as Kayin) National Union (KNU) Pado Saw Kwe Htoo Win, the report said the date of the summit has not been set yet but the government, which has pledged support for the ethnic summit,suggested the city of Tachiliek in Shan state as the venue.
The government's Peace-Making Work Committee (PMWC) and ethnic armed groups' National Cease-fire Coordination Team (NCCT) which represents 16 ethnic armed groups, worked out their second draft single text nationwide ceasefire agreement in Yangon last Friday ( May 23) after a three-day peace talks.
The second draft nationwide ceasefire agreement was adopted and is expected tobe finalized in June, according to a joint statement of the two sides.
Both sides stressed in the statement that "great strides are being made in pursuit of political dialogue" with the nationwide ceasefire agreement to be signed as soon as the text is finalized with the remaining chapters.
That talks at the Myanmar Peace Center was headed by U Aung Min, who is PMWC Vice Chairman from the government side, while the NCCT was led by Pado Saw Kwe Htoo Win.
Meanwhile, at a Karen ethnic people's rally in Maubin, Ayeyawaddy region on Tuesday, the KNU pledged to support its peace deal with the government. It, however, called on the government to legalize KNU to speed up the process.
