No word yet from KIA on peace talks with gov't
Published on Thursday, 20 December 2012 23:31
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) still has not responded to the Myanmar government's offer to hold peace talks next month, Lamai Gum Ja of Peace Talk Creation Group said yesterday.
The government made the offer on December 13 to hold peace talks between the Union Peacemaking Work Committee and KIA.
According to Lamai Gun Ja, the government has initially wanted to hold peace talks in December but postponed it to January due to Christmas celebrations in KIA's headquarter.
Myanmar's northern Kachin State has been affected by ethnic conflict for many decades. KIA signed a ceasefire agreement with the military government in 1994.
The ongoing armed conflict between the army and KIA started in June last year, when fighting broke out after a 17-year ceasefire agreement fell apart.
The government has held union-level peace talks with the KIA for four times since November last year, but no ceasefire agreement has been reached yet between the two sides.
Two days ago, KIA raided an arsenal of Kamaing sub-Township police station in Hpakan Township, killing one police corporal and two civilians.
Eleven Media earlier reported that the number of internally displaced persons reached about 50,000 at the refugee camps in Kachin State by end-2011 while international organisations estimated the number of civil war refugees at about 100,000.
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2012/12/21/no-word-yet-from-kia-on-peace-talks-with-govt/
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