State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi pushed to invite all stakeholders to the Union Peace Conference at the 21st Century Panglong Preparatory Committee meeting in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday, state media reported.
U Zaw Htay, spokesperson for the President’s Office said that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi suggested finding the means for participation of all political parties in the peace conference and that the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre-NRPC is set to handle international funds of the peace process.
Dr Tin Myo Win, chairman of the preparatory committee was quoted as saying that talks remain to be held with three of the 21 ethnic armed organisations regarding the new government’s peace policy.
A delegation led by military lawmaker Thein Zaw will soon go to Minela Township in eastern Myanmar for talks with the three groups that were excluded from the NCA—the Arakan Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), according to a Radio Free Asia report.
The Union Peace Conference, or 21st Century Panglong, is due to be held in August.