by Feng Yingqiu
YANGON, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will hold the second meeting of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference starting Feb. 28 in Nay Pyi Taw, officials said.
A total of 700 representatives are estimated to take part in the five-day conference.
"We agreed to carry out the process with union spirit and to encourage groups that have not yet signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in the conference," U Zaw Htay, acting director-general of the Ministry of the State Counselor's Office, told the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) in the capital.
State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is also chairperson of the UPDJC, called for making clear and firm decision for peace.
At the UPDJC meeting, she emphasized the importance of the UPDJC in Myanmar's peace process and highlighted that the organization is neither working for the National League for Democracy (NLD) nor the government but for the emergence of the union.
Chairman of the Joint Cease fire Monitoring Committee Lt. Gen. Ya Pyae also urged for placing emphasis on avoidance of armed conflicts in order to hold the second meeting of the Panglong Peace Conference successfully for national reconciliation and peace.
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