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Govt ready for cease-fire pact

The Myanmar government is ready to finalize a nationwide cease-fire agreement and is waiting for the outcome of an ethnic summit, President Thein Sein said on Monday. With all parties accepting that the only way to resolve armed conflict is through a political solution, Thein Sein pledged in his regular monthly radio speech to the nation best efforts would be made to begin political dialogue as soon as possible.