A meeting between the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee and seven NCA-signatory EAOs took place at the NSPNC centre in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
The meeting garnered the presence of esteemed individuals, including members of the State Administration Council, Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, and Lt-Gen Sein Win (Retd), a member of the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee. Additionally, Lt-Gen Win Bo Shein, members of the Negotiation Committee, and representatives of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) were in attendance. Among the ethnic armed group representatives were U Khun Okkar and U Myo Win of the PPST, Daw Saw Mra Raza Lin, Chair of the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP), Dr Naw Kapaw Htoo, Vice-Chair of the KNU/KNLA-Peace Council, Kyar Phoo, Vice-Chair of the Lahu Democratic Union (LDU), Khun Min Thein, Joint General Secretary-1 of the Pa-O National Liberation Organization (PNLO), Saw Kyaw Than Htay, Head of Relations Department of the Democratic Kayin Benevolent Army (DKBA), Nai Nyi Nyi, second in-charge of Central Development Department from the New Mon State Party (NMSP), and Nang San Hpaung, Central Steering Committee member from the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS).
Dr Naw Kapaw Htoo, Vice-Chair of the KNU/KNLA-Peace Council, extended greetings on behalf of the ethnic armed groups participating in the meeting. Subsequently, the participants engaged in fruitful discussions on the forthcoming peace process, humanitarian initiatives in areas housing ethnic armed organizations, and negotiations related to local development activities. Concluding the meeting, Chair Daw Saw Mra Raza Lin of the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) and Union Minister for Home Affairs, Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, shared their concluding remarks. — MNA/TS
