Myanmar Signs Deal with Wa Rebels

photograph: scmp.com
photograph: scmp.com

Myanmar’s government has signed a five-point agreement with the Wa rebel group to build mutual trust in an effort to defuse recent tensions between the armies from the two sides. The Kyemon daily said the agreement signed includes clauses calling for prompt meetings between the two armies whenever military issues arise and committing the rebel United Wa State Army not to secede. more…