Mizzima | May 22, 2018
Myanmar has postponed its third round of nationwide peace talks planned for May because the Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) that have already signed the government’s peace accord say they have to attend preparatory meetings this month, RFA reported.
Government representatives, military officers, and signatories of the nationwide cease-fire agreement (NCA) will meet at the end of May to determine the future date of the next meeting of the 21st-Century Panglong Conference, also known as the Union Peace Conference.
Before meeting with the government, the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST), made up of the EAOs that signed the government’s NCA, will meet in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on May 26-28 to set a date for the third round of negotiations, said Colonel Khun Okkar, leader of the Pa-O National Liberation Army (PNLA), one of the pact’s signatories.
This article originally appeared on Mizzima on May 21, 2018.
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