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SSA-S Government 11-Point Peace Agreement SSA-S Government 11-point peace agreement 16 January 2012 RCSS/SSA and Union-Level Peace-making group signed an eleven-point peace agreement in Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, on 16 Jan 2012. Unofficial Translation ........................................................................................................................................ 1. To allow RCSS/SSA headquarters in Homain sub-township and Mong Hta sub- township. 2. The government troops to negotiate and arrange in order that RCSS/SSA troops and their families be resettled in the locations mentioned in No. 1 3. RCSS/SSA will appoint village heads in the region; for township level administration the village heads will cooperate with government officials 4. Government soldiers in Homain sub-township and Mong Hta sub-township to give help to RCSS/SSA; Both sides will discuss and negotiate to arrange for the security of RCSS/SSA leaders 5. Government troops and RCSS/SSA to negotiate to designate areas where they can enter in border areas 6. Each side agreed to inform the other side in advance if one side wants to enter the other’s control area with weapons 7. To open liaison offices between the government and SSA-S in Taunggyi, Kholam, Kengtung, Mong Hsat and Tachileik and trading offices in Muse and Nanhkan 8. Government ministers to arrange for SSA-S members to run businesses and companies in accord with existing policies, by providing helps and supporting required technology 9. To cooperate with the union government for regional development 10. To cooperate with the government in making plan for battling drug trafficking 11. The government and RCSS/SSA agreed in principle to the points discussed on January 16, 2012. Points will also be discussed in the coming second union-level meeting .
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