Myanmar: Panglong peace conference concludes with signing of Union Accord III

The fourth session of the Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong concluded on August 21 with the signing of the third part of the Union Accord in the Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw.
Myanmar: Panglong peace conference concludes with signing of Union Accord III ảnh 1State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The fourth session of the Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglongconcluded on August 21 with the signing of the third part of the Union Accordin the Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw.

On the finalday of the three-day conference, delegates signed the Union Accord PartIII, comprising of three parts which are a framework agreement on theimplementation of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA).

Fifteen agreedpoints were inked under the framework agreement on NCA implementation, eightpoints under the post-2020 activities and five points under the principleguidelines for the establishment of a democratic federal union, respectively.

In the concludingremarks, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, in her capacity as chair of theNational Reconciliation and Peace Centre, stressed the need of continuingdialogues and exchange of views to find solutions among the stakeholders in thepeace process in post-election as well as in post-2020.

The peaceconference was held in August 2016, May 2017 and July 2018.

A total of 51federal-related basic principles were inked in the second and third sessions ofthe union conference.

Ten ethnicarmed organisations have signed the NCA with the government since it wasinitiated in October 2015./.

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