CNI News
20 August 2025
Regarding the NCA anniversary event, the National Solidarity and Peace-making Negotiation Committee (NSPNC) and seven ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that have signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) will meet on August 22, according to Colonel Khun Okkar, Chairman of the Pa-O National Liberation Organization (PNLO-NCA/S).
Colonel Khun Okkar stated that representatives from the seven signatory EAOs will meet with the NSPNC to discuss the details of a collaborative effort to hold the NCA's anniversary celebration.
"The seven NCA groups' representatives are scheduled to meet with the NSPNC. That is correct," he said. "It seems they will discuss the 10th anniversary event as joint ownership. It's about how to jointly manage the event, including venue arrangements and invitation distribution. I think they will also discuss the agenda and which leaders will speak. Since they're planning a Peace Forum, they'll likely discuss what outcomes they want from it. I hear the meeting will be held in Nay Pyi Taw on August 22."
The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) will mark its 10th anniversary on October 15, and a grand celebration is reportedly being planned.
There are also reports that leaders from the EAOs involved in drafting the NCA will be invited to the event.
Colonel Khun Okkar is seen
During the government led by U Thein Sein, a ceasefire was proposed on August 18, 2011, followed by negotiations with 21 ethnic armed groups.
Between 2011 and 2012, 14 ethnic armed groups signed bilateral ceasefire agreements at the state and union levels. Negotiations for the NCA began in 2013, and a draft was finalized in August 2015.
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After the draft was approved, the following groups signed the NCA on October 15, 2015: KNU, RCSS, ALP, DKBA, KNU/KNLA-PC, PNLO, CNF, and ABSDF. NMSP and LDU also signed the agreement on February 13, 2018.
For years, these 10 groups, under the name Peace Process Steering Team (PPST), engaged in peace talks.
However, after 2021, disagreements arose among the members. The Karen National Union (KNU), the Chin National Front (CNF), and the All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) declared the NCA defunct and decided to take up arms against the military, and have been engaged in fighting ever since.
