Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday announced the formation of a new government peace organization called the National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) to fast-track preparations for a major peace conference slated for July, an official who attended the meeting said.
Kyaw Tint Swe, minister of the State Counselor’s Office, will oversee the new peace team, which replaces the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) to get ready for a “21st-century Panglong Conference,” said MPC senior advisor Hla Maung Shwe.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s father, General Aung San, held talks known as the Panglong Conference in February 1947 to grant autonomy to the Shan, Kachin and Chin ethnic minorities, when he was head of the interim government. (Courtesy of RFA)
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