The fourth day of peace talks between Myanmar government negotiators and armed ethnic groups ended on a positive note on March 20 in Yangon, with the two sides reaching an agreement on troop deployment and the establishment of a joint monitoring committee, reports Radio Free Asia on March 20. 
The parties agreed on five of the seven chapters of a nationwide cease-fire agreement during their negotiations at the Myanmar Peace Centre, according to Dr Salai Lian Hmong Sakhong, a member of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team.
Government negotiators and leaders from armed ethnic groups began their six-day meeting on March 17 for the first time since talks to sign an elusive nationwide cease-fire agreement broke down in September 2014. 
The meeting began despite fighting government forces and armed ethnic troops in the Shan and Kachin states.