Myanmar military holds election talks with ethnic rebels

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Myanmar has about 20 ethnic rebel armies that have fought each other and the military for decades over autonomy.

Yangon, Jan 6, 2023 : Myanmar's junta is holding talks with three ethnic rebel groups on staging elections in areas they control, a rebel spokesman said Friday, as the military prepares for polls the US has said will be a"sham."

Leaders from the Shan State Progress Party, United Wa State Party and National Democratic Alliance Army -- which have largely stayed out of the post-coup conflict -- are holding three days of talks in capital Naypyidaw, state media said Friday. The military"asked us to let them hold free and fair elections in our area", a spokesman for SSPP, which controls territory in northern Shan state, told AFP.A spokesman for the UWSP did not respond to AFP's request for comment.

The military met with five smaller ethnic rebel groups last month, who later released a joint statement supporting the junta's plans to hold polls.

 

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