An alliance of ethnic minority armies in northern Myanmar has agreed a ceasefire with the ruling military, a leader of one of the groups, the TNLA, said on Friday, adding the talks involved an. -January 12, 2024 at 01:07 am EST
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An alliance of ethnic minority armies in northern Myanmar has agreed a ceasefire with the ruling military, a leader of one of the groups, the TNLA, said on Friday (Jan 12), adding the talks involved an envoy from neighbouring China. The military, which overthrew an elected government in 2021, has been battling rebels fighting to end the its control of.
In particular, there has been intense violence along the northern border with China. The joint offensive, backed by a parallel pro-democracy, civilian-led government, has posed the biggest battlefield challenge to the junta since the coup and caused concern in China about the potential for disruptions to border trade and a refugee influx. A leader of one of the rebel groups, TNLA, told Reuters on Friday that the "Three Brotherhood Alliance" and the military agreed to a "cease fire without advancing further".
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