A government delegation led by U Khin Zaw Oo, Secretary of the Peace Commission, met informally with ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, over the course of three days last week to negotiate resuming their participation in formal dialogues with the government and Tatmadaw for Myanmar’s peace process.

The government delegation met with the Vice Chairman and secretary of the Karen National Union (KNU) delegation on 8 March, with the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) on 9 March, and with Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) on 10 March. 

The KNU have signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and the PPST represents ten ethnic armed organization signatories, while the KNPP have yet to sign the NCA.