The Myanmar government and the 10 ethnic armed groups who have signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have ended a two-day meeting in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, where they reportedly reached agreement on a set of guidelines on two long-running issues in the country’s peace process. According to an article in The Irrawaddy, the discussions were related to the forming of a single Union army, as well as the military’s insistence that no armed groups secede from the Union of Myanmar. The specific details of the agreement have not been revealed. On Monday and Tuesday, members of the 10 NCA signatories met with government and military leaders in Nay Pyi Taw, aiming to move ahead with a peace process that has stalled in recent years. Attendees included military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. The groups have agreed to meet again in November, the article said. Padoh Kwe Htoo Win, vice chairman of the Karen National Union (KNU), one of the largest ethnic groups to have signed the NCA, was quoted as saying: “If our constitution [established] a democracy and was a federally-based constitution, as called for by the ethnic armed groups, no one would seek to secede.”