YANGON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- National Socialist Council of Nagaland, one of Myanmar's non-signatory ethnic armed organizations to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), on Saturday confirmed to attend the planned 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference, according to the Panglong Conference Preparatory Committee in Yangon.
"They are not sure yet to sign the NCA for participating the conference," U Hla Maung Shwe, secretary of the preparatory committee, told Xinhua.
Meanwhile, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi will also meet with non-signatory ethnic groups to the NCA in Yangon in mid-July, according to the meeting between the 21st Century Panglong Conference Preparatory Committee and the United Nationalities Federal Council's (UNFC) Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) on Friday.
The State Counselor's meeting with the chairman of the UNFC will be held prior to a conference involving all Ethnic Armed Organizations in Mai Ja Yang in Kachin State, the northernmost of Myanmar in July.
Khu Oo Reh, who led the DPN, said that the ethnic side understands that it is required for the ethnic groups to work together with the military to achieve peace in the country.
The Myanmar government and eight signatory armed groups to the NCA have agreed to hold the Panglong conference by the last week of August.
Two of the non-ceasefire signatory groups, the United Wa State Army and the National Democratic Alliance Army, decided to attend the Panglong conference following a meeting in Mongla last week with the Panglong Conference Preparatory Sub-Committee.
