The Government has been accelerating peace talks with ethnic armed organizations with a view to ensuring the long-term sustainability and consolidation of internal peace and building a Union based on democracy and a federal system. Over the past periods, positive outcomes have been achieved while there have also been situations where progress came to a standstill and cases where the process moved backwards.
In a democratic system, all citizens have the opportunity to express, discuss, negotiate, and reconcile their aspirations and wishes together with their elected representatives in order to achieve their goals. In a democratic system, political issues must be resolved through political means. Therefore, invitations have already been extended to come to the political arena and the political dialogue table for discussions and negotiations.
At present, discussions between the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee and EAOs are being held one after another in Nay Pyi Taw to establish more effective peace processes and explore practical ways to implement the discussion outcomes already reached. While the Government is continuously accelerating the peace process, the ability to discuss, negotiate, and seek solutions to issues concerning ethnic peoples and ethnic areas in respective Hluttaws will serve as significant support and bring positive results towards ensuring a smooth and steady path to peace.
Due to the choice of armed violence as a means of addressing political disagreements that arose in the past, instead of resolving them through political means, some regions of the country still require the restoration of stability and peace to this day. As a consequence, it is regrettable to see that local people have continued to suffer the long-term adverse effects of armed conflicts.
Therefore, efforts must continue to resolve political differences through various forms of peace dialogue until successful outcomes are achieved. Everyone must understand that resolving issues through armed violence only destroys the interests of local communities and the people; in other words, it amounts to damaging the future of the Union. Therefore, the use of armed violence as a means of resolution must be abandoned, and peace must be discussed and built through democratic means.
It is important for non-signatories to the NCA among ethnic armed organizations, as well as ethnic armed organizations that have signed the NCA but have been away from the NCA path for various reasons, to participate in the process and engage in continuous contact, meetings, and discussions. Therefore, their cooperation and joint efforts are essential for achieving everlasting peace in the Union.
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