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In his monthly radio address to the nation, President Thein Sein said a firm political agreement had been reached with ethnic armed groups to establish a federal union in the country.
The NCCT, an alliance of 16 ethnic armed groups, said it has established a 10-point set of guidelines for pursuing peace talks with the Burmese government, and that it has appointed five committees for attending to a future accord.
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Ethnic armed groups are due to come to a decision on whether to accept the second draft of a nationwide ceasefire.
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Representatives of 16 armed ethnic groups finalise the Basic Principles of a draft ceasefire proposal, but some questions remain outstanding with regard to terminology.
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Speaker of the Union Parliament Shwe Mann warned a parliamentarian not to use the word “revolutionary” when referring to ethnic armed groups.
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The Burmese government reportedly told the Shan State Army South that they will repeal the ethnic armed group’s status as an unlawful association if they agree to a nationwide ceasefire.
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The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) said it has agreed to four of the Burmese military’s six requests, but that it cannot fully adhere to the existing laws of the country nor the current Constitution.
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Negotiations to finalise the nationwide ceasefire draft have been extended for an extra day at the Myanmar Peace Centre in Rangoon.
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 secretary of the UNFC, told DVB he has concerns over a government proposal that suggested the ethnic armies would have to disarm and disband after signing a ceasefire.
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The nationwide ceasefire agreement drafted by the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) has been submitted to the Burmese government’s peace negotiator Aung Min.
Representatives of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), absent from the Ethnic Armed Organisations Conference in Karen State this week because of “language barriers”, have expressed solidarity with other ethnic leaders.
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A conference for discussing nationwide ceasefire is being held in eastern Burma’s Karen state from 20 to 22 January. Leading officials from 18 ethnic armed groups met at the Karen National Union’s Law Khee La headquarters.
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The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT), made up of representatives from 14 ethnic armed groups, is sitting in Chiang Mai from 26 to 28 November to discuss proposals for a ceasefire after decades of conflict with Burmese government forces.
Leading officials from 11 political parties based in Burma concluded talks on Saturday with representatives of ethnic armed groups, as well as exiled political groups and civic society organisations, in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai.
Seventeen of 18 ethnic armed groups attending a conference in northern Kachin state have signed an agreement which could pave the way toward a nationwide ceasefire.
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The Karenni National Progressive Party’s Vice President Abel Tweed said holding additional rounds of talks with the government is necessary after agreeing to an initial ceasefire in March and a union-level deal in June
Following up on two earlier meetings, the government’s top negotiator Railway Minister Aung Min will hold a new round of talks with the PNLO
A senior ranking commander belonging to a Border Guard Force was shot dead after being mistaken for a Democratic Karen Buddhist Army officer
