YANGON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's first regional national political dialogues between the government, armed groups and political parties began in Tanintharyi region, southernmost of the country, on Thursday, an official of the Joint Cease fire Monitoring Committee (JMC) told Xinhua.
The dialogues will take place in three districts of the region, namely Dawei, Myeik and Kawthaung separately until Jan. 17 and the dialogue for the whole region will be finalized on Jan. 23-25.
The regional national political dialogues for other two regions such as Kayin state and Nay Pyi Taw Council area will follow.
The outcome of all regional dialogues will be submitted to the Second Panglong Peace Conference in next February in accordance with the National Cease fire Agreement (NCA).
The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC), chaired by State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, on Dec. 30, formed three supervision committees for holding political dialogue at national level for Kayin state, Tanintharyi region and Nay Pyi Taw Council Area respectively.
Under the working process of political dialogue at the national level and principles on the dialogue included in the framework of political dialogue, race-oriented political dialogue will be held in Kayin state, region-oriented political dialogue be in Tanintharyi region and subjected-oriented political dialogue, also known as civil society organizations (CSO) Forum, be in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area.
