Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee

{{Short description|Military alliance of opposition groups in Myanmar}}

{{Infobox war faction

| name = Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee

| native_name = {{lang|my|ပြည်ထောင်စုနိုင်ငံရေးဆွေးနွေးညှိနှိုင်းရေးကော်မတီ}}

| native_name_lang = my

| caption =

| leaders =

| active = {{Start date|2017|04|19|df=yes}} – present

| split =

| clans = {{plainlist|

• {{flagicon image|Infobox AA.png}} Arakan Army
• {{flagicon image|Kachin Independence Army flag.svg}} Kachin Independence Army
• {{flagicon image|Flag of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army.svg}} Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army
• {{flagicon image|Flag of the Eastern Shan State Special Region 4 (Myanmar).png}} National Democratic Alliance Army
• {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ta'ang National Liberation Army.svg}} Ta'ang National Liberation Army
• {{flagicon image|Flag of the Shan State Army-North.svg}} Shan State Progress Party
• {{flagicon image|United Wa State Army flag.png}} United Wa State Army

}}

| headquarters =

| area = Kachin State
Rakhine State
Shan State
China–Myanmar border

| ideology = Ethnic nationalism
Ethnic separatism
Federalism

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| partof =

| allies = {{flag|China}}

| opponents = {{flag|Myanmar}}

• {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ministry of Defense (Myanmar).svg}} Tatmadaw

| battles =

| war = the internal conflict in Myanmar

| website =

| predecessor =

| successor =

}}

The Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee ({{langx|my|ပြည်ထောင်စုနိုင်ငံရေးဆွေးနွေးညှိနှိုင်းရေးကော်မတီ}}, abbreviated FPNCC) is an alliance and coalition of seven ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) in Myanmar seeking to negotiate with the central government.{{Cite web |last=Liu |first=Yun |date=2017-10-06 |title=Building Peace in Myanmar: Birth of the FPNCC |url=https://theasiadialogue.com/2017/10/06/building-peace-in-myanmar-birth-of-the-fpncc/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Asia Dialogue |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203195604/https://theasiadialogue.com/2017/10/06/building-peace-in-myanmar-birth-of-the-fpncc/ |url-status=live }} Four FPNCC members{{snd}}the Arakan Army (AA), the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA){{snd}}are also members of the Northern Alliance.{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-01-30 |title='We will win': Northern Alliance doubles down |url=https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/we-will-win-northern-alliance-doubles-down/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Frontier Myanmar |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905224454/https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/we-will-win-northern-alliance-doubles-down/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Jason |date=2020-09-17 |title=China's Conflict Mediation in Myanmar • Stimson Center |url=https://www.stimson.org/2020/chinas-conflict-mediation-in-myanmar/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Stimson Center |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320175731/https://www.stimson.org/2020/chinas-conflict-mediation-in-myanmar/ |url-status=live }}

The FPNCC was established on 19 April 2017, in Pangkham, the headquarters of the United Wa State Army.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-16 |title=FPNCC welcomes Chinese mediation in Myanmar's affairs |url=http://www.dmediag.com/news/fpncc-welcomes-chinese.html |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Development Media Group |language=en-US}} 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. The seven founding members were all non-signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.

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.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-17 |title=Myanmar ethnic rebel alliance asks China to help defuse post-coup crisis |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-ethnic-rebel-alliance-asks-china-to-help-defuse-post-coup-crisis.html |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320175728/https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-ethnic-rebel-alliance-asks-china-to-help-defuse-post-coup-crisis.html |url-status=live }}