The government’s new peace negotiator is set to have his first meeting with delegations of ethnic armed groups that didn’t sign last year’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.
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As the ethnic alliance concludes talks aimed at negotiations with Burma’s new civilian government, one of its members is coming under renewed army pressure.
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Ethnic armed groups previously frozen out of nationwide ceasefire talks will be offered an opportunity to get on board the peace process.
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Senior statesman and veteran of Burma’s ethnic ceasefire talks, Hkun Okker talks to DVB about the NCA, the Kokang, the Big 5, and the next round.
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Representatives of ethnic armed groups and Burmese government officials meet in Chiang Mai to discuss how best to approach the post-ceasefire meetings.
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Senior peace negotiators say they have reached agreement on several outstanding points at the latest round of ceasefire talks in Rangoon.
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Both the Shan State Army’s North and South have held separate meetings with the Burmese government aimed at moving the peace process ahead.
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The UN envoy concludes a week-long trip which included meeting a host of senior officials in Naypyidaw, discussions on aid with community leaders in Arakan State, and observing a round of ceasefire talks in Rangoon.
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Negotiations aimed at drafting a nationwide ceasefire agreement begin in Rangoon between ethnic armed groups and Burmese government delegates accompanied by members of the armed forces and parliament.
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The Burmese government has reached what one observer said was an 80 percent consensus with the ethnic groups on a framework to implement a nationwide ceasefire agreement.
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The next meeting of Burma’s ethnic armed groups will likely take place at Lay Wah, the headquarters of the KNU, around the third week of December, while ceasefire talks with the Burmese government look unlikely to be staged until January.
