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Myanmar Military Holds Meeting With Arakan Army Officials in Wa Region
10 December 2020
7 December 2020
Myanmar Military Holds Meeting With Arakan Army Officials in Wa Region
Arakan Army recruits during military training in Laiza, Kachin State, in April 2019. / Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 10 December 2020
Less than a month after fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State was informally put on hold, representatives from both sides met in person in the Wa Self-Administered Zone’s capital, Panghsang, near the Chinese border in northern Shan State on Wednesday to discuss a possible bilateral ceasefire.