YANGON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar government and eight ethnic armed groups are drafting a framework for holding political dialogue as part of the implementation of the National Ceasefire Accord (NCA) signed in mid-October.
The framework is being drafted by a special drafting committee of the tripartite Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC).
The 10-point document would focus on major issues including the basic principles, representation and participation of stakeholders in the dialogue, decision making method, management of the dialogue, signing of a union agreement and the process for implementation.
The framework is expected to be formed by Dec. 14 in accordance with the timeline of the ceasefire term and the first round of formal dialogue would start before Jan. 14, 2016.
The UPDJC comprises more than a dozen each representatives from the government, ethnic armed groups and political parties that include the opposition National League for Democracy party, the current ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party, Arakan National Party and Shan National League for Democracy, among others.
Prior to the formation of the tripartite UPDJC, a union-level Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (JCMC) was formed in order to implement the NCA signed by the government and the eight ethnic armed groups on Oct. 15. (Courtesy of Xinhua)
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