Government representatives and the representatives of (NCA-S EAO) held a bilateral coordination meeting at National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) in Yangon to implement the minutes of the 8th Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) on Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NA), state media reported.

In his concluding address, Vice Chair of National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) Union Attorney General U Tun Tun Oo said during the two days the meeting discussed the phase-wise work programs beyond 2020 of the framework agreement on the implementation of NCA and the progress in realizing them.

The two-day meeting could produce many agreements as well as issues that need further negotiations. It is believed that gradually, those issues can be settled.

The bilateral coordination meeting reached an agreement to hold the UPDJC secretary’s group meeting on 10 this month and UPDJC meeting on 12 this month.