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13-01-2024, 10:32 PM
Myanmar junta and armed rebels agree ceasefire
China mediates truce that would halt months of conflict that has displaced half a million people in country’s north
Myanmar’s military and an alliance of armed ethnic minority groups have announced a China-mediated ceasefire after months of conflict that has posed the biggest threat to the junta since it seized power in 2021.
Fighting has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced more than half a million people since October, when the alliance launched an offensive against the junta.
The alliance has seized several towns and border hubs in Myanmar’s northern Shan state that are vital for trade with China, a major arms supplier and ally of the military.
“With the help of China’s facilitation, there was a meeting in (the southern Chinese city) Kunming. We have reached a ceasefire agreement,” junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told AFP.
Tar Bhone Kyaw of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) – one member of the alliance – said they had “agreed to reopen border trade” with China.
Beijing also announced the ceasefire on Friday, but no details of the areas it would cover or when it would come into force were given by any party.
“The two sides agreed to an immediate ceasefire, to disengage military personnel and resolve relevant disputes and demands through peaceful negotiations,” the foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...-ceasefire
China mediates truce that would halt months of conflict that has displaced half a million people in country’s north
Myanmar’s military and an alliance of armed ethnic minority groups have announced a China-mediated ceasefire after months of conflict that has posed the biggest threat to the junta since it seized power in 2021.
Fighting has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced more than half a million people since October, when the alliance launched an offensive against the junta.
The alliance has seized several towns and border hubs in Myanmar’s northern Shan state that are vital for trade with China, a major arms supplier and ally of the military.
“With the help of China’s facilitation, there was a meeting in (the southern Chinese city) Kunming. We have reached a ceasefire agreement,” junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told AFP.
Tar Bhone Kyaw of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) – one member of the alliance – said they had “agreed to reopen border trade” with China.
Beijing also announced the ceasefire on Friday, but no details of the areas it would cover or when it would come into force were given by any party.
“The two sides agreed to an immediate ceasefire, to disengage military personnel and resolve relevant disputes and demands through peaceful negotiations,” the foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...-ceasefire
