YANGON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Parliament members of the military in Myanmar have proposed to designate southeastern Kayin state as a pilot area for removing landmines, according to local media sources.
Principally agreeing to the proposal at a meeting of the Joint Cease fire Monitoring Committee (JMC) in Yangon's National Reconciliation and Peace Center , representatives of ethnic organizations offered to work with the military toward the complete removal of landmines.
According to Secretary of the JMC Col Wunna Aung, with technical assistance from abroad, the military and signatories to the Nationwide Cease fire Accord (NCA) will now carry out the removal of landmines together at a time when trust between the two sides has reached the highest point in almost six decades.
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