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French president postpones Middle East peace conference to summer

​A French-sponsored international conference to re-launch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks stand postponed from May to the summer, French President Francois Hollande announced on Tuesday.

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Myanmar state counselor urges preparation for 21st century ethnic conference

​Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi Monday urged raising the momentum for preparation of the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference.

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Myanmar seeks new approach to national reconciliation

Myanmar is seeking a new approach in its peace process by reforming the former Myanmar Peace Center with a new National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC).

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Myanmar to rename peace center, appoint new mediator

Participants of Myanmar's Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) for Ceasefire Wednesday proposed to rename the Myanmar Peace Center, which has been working for the country's peace process, to National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) .

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Pakistan confirms postponed visit by Afghan Chief Executive

Pakistan said on Thursday that Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has postponed his upcoming visit to Islamabad.

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Pakistan urges Afghan Taliban to join peace talks

Pakistan pushed the Afghan Taliban on Thursday to join peace negotiations, just two days after the group launched their annual fighting season that could further complicate efforts for the dialogue.

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Four-nation group on Afghan peace to meet this month

Pakistans top foreign affairs adviser, Sartaj Aziz, said on Thursday that a four-nation group on peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan will meet this month to review the situation after the refusal of the Taliban to join the reconciliation.

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Japan's new security legislation clouds regional stability

As Japan's new security legislation goes into force on Tuesday, the jitters felt by Japan's wartime victims deserve more serious attention.

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Afghans have high hopes for peace efforts despite Taliban's obstinance

Despite the Taliban's inflexibility regarding the peace process, the war-weary Afghans are looking with optimism toward the efforts by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) to bring the militant group back to the negotiating table with the Afghan government so as to end the protracted conflict.

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AU high-level panel visits Burundi to help settle crisis

A high-level panel of five leaders sent by the African Union (AU) Thursday held consultations with Burundian leaders on ways of solving the east African country' s crisis that broke out in April 2015.

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Quadrilateral peace talks in Kabul a beacon of hope for war-weary Afghans

The fourth round of the key Quadrilateral meeting on the Afghan peace process and drafting of a roadmap to find a political solution to the lingering security crisis was held in Kabul on Tuesday.

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Chinese envoy stresses needs of post-conflict countries in int'l peace building

A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Tuesday said that international peace-building efforts should be based on the specific needs of post-conflict countries.

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Four-nation talks on Afghan peace process kicks off in Kabul

The fourth round of the key Quadrilateral meeting on Afghan peace process and preparing roadmap to find political solution to the lingering Afghan crisis kicked off in Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday.

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First round of direct peace talks in Afghanistan likely to happen in early March: QCG

The first round of direct peace talks between the Afghan government and all Taliban and other groups is expected to take place by the first week of March 2016 in Islamabad, said a joint press release issued here by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) Tuesday.