3rd Union Peace Conference postponed

22 May 2018
3rd Union Peace Conference postponed
Myanmar's Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during the closing ceremony of the second session of the 'Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong' in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 29 May 2017. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA-EFE

Myanmar has postponed its third round of nationwide peace talks planned for May because the Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) that have already signed the government’s peace accord say they have to attend preparatory meetings this month, RFA reported.
Government representatives, military officers, and signatories of the nationwide cease-fire agreement (NCA) will meet at the end of May to determine the future date of the next meeting of the 21st-Century Panglong Conference, also known as the Union Peace Conference.
Before meeting with the government, the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST), made up of the EAOs that signed the government's NCA, will meet in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on May 26-28 to set a date for the third round of negotiations, said Colonel Khun Okkar, leader of the Pa-O National Liberation Army (PNLA), one of the pact’s signatories.