NLD pledges support for ceasefire process

Myanmar’s new government to be formed by the National League for Democracy will support the nationwide ceasefire process, senior party officials on 26 November assured five ethnic armed groups that signed the pact last month with President U Thein Sein.

Leaders of the five groups met the officials in Yangon to discuss next steps in the peace process, Karen National Union general secretary Pado Saw Kwe Htoo Win told The Myanmar Times.

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