Myanmar: Government Launched a New Round of Peace Talks with Ethnic Insurgent Leaders

"The talks began in recent weeks and included meetings with ethnic rebel leaders over the past weekend in an undisclosed location along the Thai-Myanmar border, according to ethnic leaders and others familiar with the meetings. The government's goal is to convince the insurgent groups, which have long lobbied for more political rights in Myanmar, to fully recognize the country's new government and possibly lay down their arms, these people said. In return, the government is offering more economic development and other potential incentives, they said."

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