Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for Peace in Trilateral Talks

Naypyidaw: Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday called for joint efforts to overcome difficulties and challenges in implementing the nationwide ceasefire accord (NCA) between the government and the NCA-signatory ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) through discussion and negotiation. Suu Kyi, also chairperson of the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre, made the call at the opening ceremony of the trilateral peace talks between the Myanmar government, the Army and the 10 NCA-signatory EAOs which kicked off here to continue resolving matters in existence through negotiation. She described the meeting as witnessing a no-return but marching forward in the national reconciliation and peace efforts, Xinhua news agency reported. (IANS)