Chin leaders decided that the Chin people should hold discussions about how they should approach the upcoming national political dialogue, when they met up at the Union Peace Conference in Naypyitaw on 15 January.
Salai Isaac Kim said that the discussions will be conducted by the representatives of Chin National Front, Chin political parties and Chin Civil Society organisations.
According to the terms of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) a Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee meeting has to be held in February. This will be followed by the Political Dialogue which has to take place before the second Union Peace Conference in May 2016.
Sixty Chin representatives attended the Union Peace Conference. representing the Chin National Front, Chin political parties; members of parliament and Chin national representatives.
Edited in English by Mark Inkey for BNI
