CNI News
29 July 2022
The Kachin Independence Army and the National Democratic Alliance Army told the CNI that they had no decision on whether to join the second round of peace talks invited by the SAC or not.
KIA spokesperson Col Naw Bu said that the central committee of the KIA had no decision on whether to join the peace talks and their current stance was the same as that in the statement issued on 5th May.
He said, “Our central committee doesn’t have any decision on whether to join the peace talks. Our stance will be the same as that in the statement issued on 5th May. Nothing has changed.”
The KIA issued a statement on 5th May that they would not attend the peace talks offered by the SAC because there was no agenda on political dialogues and those who should be invited were not done so.
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets the vice chairman of the UWSA.
The SAC has designated the National Unity Government and the People’s Defence Force as terrorists organizations.
There were no discussions about joining the second round of peace talks, The NDAA (Mongla) General Secretary U Kyi Myint told the CNI.
U Kyi Myint said, “We haven’t had any discussion about it so far. Recently, we have been busy with COVID-19 prevention and other issues. We haven’t had any communication with them recently.”
During the first round of peace talks invited by the SAC, the NDAA, the Shan State Reconstruction Army (RCSS/SSA), the New Mon State Party (NMSP), the United Wa State Army (UWSA), the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army- Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC), the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP), the PaO National Liberation Organization (PNLO) and Lahu Democratic Union (LDU) held separate negotiations with the SAC.
However, the KIA, the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP/SSA), the Karen National Union (KNU), the Chin National Front (CNF), the All Bruma Student Democratic Front (ABSDF), Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Three Brotherhood Alliance such as the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF/TNLA) and the Arakan Army (AA) refused to join the talks.
During the 18th press conference held on 26th July 2022, Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun said that preparations were being made for the second round of peace talks.
However, the SAC has not disclosed the organizations that will join the peace talks so far.
