Myanmar groups: Junta broke China-brokered ceasefire

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 21, 2024 12:12 am

YANGON, Myanmar — An alliance of Myanmar ethnic armed groups has accused the military government of repeatedly violating a China-brokered ceasefire in the Southeast Asian country's north this month and causing civilian casualties.

Beijing brokered a truce between the junta and the so-called Three Brotherhood Alliance in January after months of fighting that displaced more than half a million people near China's southern border.

CALM FOR NOW A general view of Lashio town in Shan state, northern Myanmar, on June 18, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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