NUG meeting for implementation of common position
The National Unity Government (NUG) held a cabinet meeting (5/2024) on February 6 in order to implement the steps of the process of "Joint Position Statement by Allied Organisations engaged in Revolutionary Struggle towards Annihilation of Military Dictatorship and Establishment of a Federal Democratic Union", which was released on the third anniversary of the coup d'état by the terrorist military group.
NUG Acting President Duwa Lashi La, and Prime Minister Mahn Winn Khaing Thann and Union Ministers and Deputy Ministers attended the meeting, and NUG, the Karen National Union-KNU, the Karenni National Progressive Party-KNPP, the Kachin Liberation Organization-KIO, the Chin National Front - CNF issued a joint position statement, which includes six points.
It is included that putting pressure on the terrorist SAC/Myanmar military both militarily and politically (National/International) in the stages of the process of the common position, and it is also included that to negotiatue with the responsible leadership of the Myanmar military to terminate military rule and for peaceful transition of power, subject to their unconditional acceptance of the six political objectives.
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