YANGON, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's new government has invited non-ceasefire signatory ethnic armed groups to participate in the political dialogue framework meeting slated for next week .
Dr. Tin Myo Win, the government's peace negotiator and chairman of the 21st Century Panglong Conference Preparatory Sub-Committee-2, extended the invitation to leaders of the non-signatory groups during the first meeting on Friday with the United Nationalities Federal Council's (UNFC) Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) in Chiangmai, Thailand .
He pledged to build mutual trust and understanding for the sake of peace and to build a peaceful , affluent, democratic federal union.
The Chiangmai meeting was held to enable the indigenous armed groups that have not signed the NCA to participate in the 21st Panglong conference.
Gwan Maw, a major general from the ethnic armed organizations' delegation, called for making reviews and analysis based on the meeting's minutes and information.
During the meeting, the non-signatories to the NCA discussed matters concerning participation in the peace conference and the terms and conditions which will enable them to participate.
Myanmar President's Office formed a 16-member Preparatory Committee on Tuesday for holding the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference to work for national reconciliation and domestic peace.
In anticipation of the emergence of a federal union, the conference is set to be inclusive of those ethnic nationalities deemed as deserving to be included.
The committee was organized with Peace Negotiator Dr. Tin Myo Win as chairman and U Kyaw Tint Swe, Minister of the State Counselor's Office, as vice chairman.
The committee is tasked to negotiate with those ceasefire signatory armed groups and non-signatory ones, and review the political framework for necessary amendment.
The committee is divided into two separate sub-committees to negotiate with the two categories of armed groups.
State Counselor and Chairperson of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to hold the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference successfully which is to be convened on the basis of the NCA.
Myanmar previous government and eight ethnic armed groups out of 15 signed the NCA on Oct.15, 2015. After that, a union-level Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee was formed along with the tripartite UPDJC which was to draft a framework for holding political dialogue as part of the implementation of the NCA.
Under the NCA, the two sides agreed on some post-ceasefire steps and the unfinished peace process includes bringing in seven other ethnic armed groups that have not signed the ceasefire accord to complete the truce signing process.
