NAY PYI TAW, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar on Tuesday formed a 16-member Preparatory Committee for holding the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference to work for national reconciliation and domestic peace, according to an announcement of the President's Office.
In anticipation of the emergence of a federal union, the conference is set to be inclusive of those ethnic nationalities deemed as deserving to be included.
The committee was organized with Peace Negotiator Dr. Tin Myo Win as chairman and U Kyaw Tint Swe, Minister of the State Counselor's Office, as vice chairman.
The committee is tasked to negotiate with those ceasefire signatory armed groups and non-signatory ones, and review the political framework for necessary amendment.
The committee is divided into two separate sub-committees to negotiate with the two categories of armed groups.
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