A meeting for reviewing the framework for political dialogue and guidelines to proceed was held at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) on Shwe Li Street in Yangon yesterday, state media reported.

The meeting will continue for three days, from 1 to 3 November, and those attending include members from government and Tatmadaw groups, ethnic armed organizations who have signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), and political parties.

Representing the government and Tatmadaw at the meeting was Peace Commission member U Aung Soe, representing the NCA signatories’ group was Dr Lian Sakhong, and representing the political parties’ group was U Myint Soe.

The three-day meeting will review the political dialogue framework and the guidelines for the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC), UPDJC-State, working committees for political dialogue, the national-level administrative committee for political dialogue, the actual national political dialogue and its regulations.