CNI News
15 Oct 2022
The Peace Process Steering Team is trying to implement three basic principles of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement as much as it can to help people overcome the current crisis, according to a statement issued by the PPST on 14th October.
The political landscape has changed significantly since February, 2021 and resulting instabilities, conflicts and armed conflicts have increased day by day, forcing the public to face various crises, the statement says.
To overcome the crises, the PPST has been implementing the three basic principles of the NCA such as resolving political issues through political means, engaging in inclusive and meaningful political dialogues and protecting civilians, the statement added.
A PPST meeting. (NCA-S EAOs)
“The PPST seriously believes that the NCA can help ease the current violent conflicts that lead to civil war and is the beginning of restoring peace aspired by the public by resolving political issues through political means,” the statement said.
It cannot be denied that the public was able to enjoy a significant level of stability, peace, development and individual freedom for ten years from 2001, when negotiations for the NCA, the second most important agreement after the Panglong Agreement, to early 2021 thanks to the NCA, the statement continued.
The 7th anniversary of the signing of the NCA falls on 15th October, 2022.
The statement issued by the PPST.
On 15th October, 2015, the ceasefire agreement was signed by the RCSS, the KNU, the DKBA, the KNU/KNLA(PC), the PNLO, the CNF, the ANP and the ABSDF.
The NMSP and the LDU signed the agreement on 13th February, 2018.
The PPST was formed with representatives of the NCA signatories in 2017.
