BANGKOK: A significant ethnic insurgent group in Myanmar mentioned on Monday (Nov 25) it was prepared for talks with the junta to finish greater than a yr of renewed preventing that has devastated areas alongside the border with China.
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) can rely on round 7,000 fighters and has been preventing the Myanmar military for over a decade for the autonomy of the Palaung ethnic minority within the northern state of Shan.
Last yr the TNLA and two different allied insurgent teams launched an offensive in opposition to the navy because it seized areas of Shan state, together with ruby mines and a profitable commerce freeway to China.
The military has repeatedly pounded misplaced territory with artillery and airstrikes, however the promised counteroffensive on the bottom has but to materialize.
“We announce that we’re prepared to satisfy and talk about to finish the navy battle on each side,” the TNLA mentioned on its Telegram channel.
“In the each day preventing in our Ta’ang area… the native persons are struggling badly from the warfare.”
While stating that he’s prepared for dialogue, he additionally added that he’ll reserve “the suitable to defend himself”.
“We will speak, however we is not going to cede territory,” TNLA General Tar Bhone Kyaw instructed AFP.
AFP was unable to contact a junta spokesperson for remark.
