Myanmar negotiators issue joint statement on finalized ceasefire agreement

Myanmar President U Thein Sein (C front), members of Myanmar government's Union Peace-Making Work Committee (UPWC) and the ethnic armed groups' National Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) pose for a group photo during a signing ceremony of draft of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) between members of Myanmar government's UPWC and the ethnic armed groups' NCCT at the Myanmar Peace Center in Yangon, Myanmar, March 31, 2015. Peace negotiators of the Myanmar government and ethnic armed groups issued a joint statement here Tuesday, saying the finalized NCA will be submitted to the top level of respective sides for adoption before it is formally signed. (Xinhua/U Aung)