Suu Kyi calls on Myanmar ethnic groups to put down arms and seek dialogue


Aung San Suu Kyi delivering the opening speech at the 8th Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting on Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement meeting in Naypyidaw on Jan 8.

NAYPYIDAW (Eleven Media Group): Taking up arms will not solve the problems of the country, Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi warned ethnic armed groups which have yet to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA).

In the opening speech at the 8th Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting on Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) in Naypyidaw on Wednesday (Jan 8), she said the armed conflicts could only end with dialogue.

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