19 July 2016

News Story: Myanmar's ceasefire non-signatory armed groups vow to watch gov't political framework

YANGON, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's ceasefire non-signatory armed groups, represented by the United Nationalities Federal Council(UNFC), will watch the government's political framework for all-inclusive peace process, said U Khu Rel, representative of UNFC.

Khu Rel made the remarks at a press conference held by UNFC's Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) in Yangon Monday as an additional clarification following its Sunday press release.

"If the political framework cannot become the one acceptable by the nationalities, there is no certainty for the possibility for the emergence of the 21st Century Panglong Conference," Khu Rel said.

Although the set political framework was agreed between the former government and the ethnic armed groups who signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA), the UNFC proposed to review it with the new government to build mutual trust and ensure all-inclusiveness in the Panglong Conference.

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