The Myanmar Government and the Pa-O National Liberation Organisation
(PNLO) on March 23 agreed to kick off a political dialogue in the
framework of the two sides’ upcoming negotiations, said Myanmar’s New
Light newspaper.
The result was achieved from
a meeting between Vice Chairman of the Government’s Central
Peace-Making Work Committee U Aung Min and PNLO Chairman Khun Okka in
Nay Pyi Taw city.
Accordingly, both sides reached
agreements on 10 issues focusing on relief works, social issues,
regional development and ceasefire.
Earlier, the two
sides came to an arrangement for 8 points during the negotiations in
August, 2012, relating to drug-trafficking prevention, food provision
and social security.
By now, the Government has
signed ceasefire agreements with 10 of 11 ethnic armed groups, except
for the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO).-VNA