Weeks of preparation have brought the peace process to the brink of a significant break-through. The conference will review, re-adopt and reaffirm this framework and recommit to the peace process and federalism. In the plans for the future of the peace process -- which are actually extremely detailed and well thought through -- the Union Peace and Dialogue conference will be the plenum meeting for the future peace process, and is expected to meet twice a year. "But if they want to participate in the peace process after that they must first sign the NCA." The problem is that only the ethnic groups, which signed the ceasefire agreement, have agreed to participate.

Source: Bangkok Post July 16, 2016 13:41 UTC