Myanmar soldiers walk past a flood-damaged road in Swar town of Myanmar's Bago region on August 30, 2018 (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Myanmar military will extend thesuspension period of military operation against armed groups for one moremonth.
According to the military’s statement on August24, the non-operation period, previously set to expire on August 31, it will beextended until September 30, to carry out the prevention and control ofCOVID-19 as a national duty and to effectively implement the Union Accord PartIII, which was signed at the fourth session of the Union Peace Conference-21stCentury Panglong.
During the period, all military actions aresuspended in military command areas, excluding those where the governmentdesignated terrorist groups are residing.
The fourth session of the Union PeaceConference-21st Century Panglong concluded inthe Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw on August 21.
On the final day of the three-day conference,delegates signed the Union Accord Part III, comprising three parts relating tothe implementation of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), post-electionactivities, and basic federal principles.
The peace conference was held in August 2016,May 2017 and July 2018.
A total of 51 federal-related basic principleswere inked in the second and third sessions of the union conference.
Ten ethnic armed organisations have signed theNCA with the government since the agreement was initiated in October 2015./.
Myanmar's long-postponed Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee - Union Level (JMC-U) meeting reconvened on July 7 and 8, officials from the committee have said.
The Myanmar Government and ethnic armed groups agreed on seven points of a ceasefire agreement at the ninth Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) held in the capital Nay Pyi Taw on August 13.
A total of nine points were agreed at the 19th meeting of Myanmar's Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) held in Nay Pyi Taw on August 17, a senior official told the press conference.
The fourth session of the Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong concluded on August 21 with the signing of the third part of the Union Accord in the Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw.
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Myanmar soldiers walk past a flood-damaged road in Swar town of Myanmar's Bago region on August 30, 2018 (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
