Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee

Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee
ပြည်ထောင်စုနိုင်ငံရေးဆွေးနွေးညှိနှိုင်းရေးကော်မတီ
Dates of operation19 April 2017 (2017-04-19) – present
Group(s)
Active regionsKachin State
Rakhine State
Shan State
China–Myanmar border
IdeologyEthnic nationalism
Ethnic separatism
Federalism
Allies China
Opponents Myanmar

The Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုနိုင်ငံရေးဆွေးနွေးညှိနှိုင်းရေးကော်မတီ, abbreviated FPNCC) is an alliance and coalition of seven ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) in Myanmar seeking to negotiate with the central government.[1] Four FPNCC members – the Arakan Army (AA), the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) – are also members of the Northern Alliance.[2] The FPNCC is the largest negotiating body of EAOs in the country. The Chinese government formally engages with the FPNCC, which is also recognised by the Chinese government as an EAO negotiation body with the Burmese central government.[3]

The FPNCC was established on 19 April 2017, in Pangkham, the headquarters of the United Wa State Army.[4] FPNCC was formed in response to the failure of the United Nationalities Federal Council to generate trust among member EAOs, four of which (KIA, SSPP, MNDAA, and AA) broke away from the council.[1] The seven founding members were all non-signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.[1]

In March 2023, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état and ongoing Myanmar civil war, the FPNCC officially called on China to help defuse the internal crisis in Myanmar.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Liu, Yun (2017-10-06). "Building Peace in Myanmar: Birth of the FPNCC". Asia Dialogue. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  2. ^ "'We will win': Northern Alliance doubles down". Frontier Myanmar. 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  3. ^ Li, Jason (2020-09-17). "China's Conflict Mediation in Myanmar • Stimson Center". Stimson Center. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  4. ^ "FPNCC welcomes Chinese mediation in Myanmar's affairs". Development Media Group. 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  5. ^ "Myanmar ethnic rebel alliance asks China to help defuse post-coup crisis". The Irrawaddy. 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-03-20.