Yangon: Myanmar has signed a preliminary peace agreement with separatists in southeast Mon State — the latest in a series of deals with ethnic minority guerrillas.
A delegation led by Railways Minister Aung Min and representative of the New Mon State Party agreed to observe a ceasefire, begin political dialogue and work together on education and healthcare, Myanmar’s official media reported on Monday.
The authorities also pledged to free “comrades” of the party who are in prison, while both sides agreed to avoid forced labour, the New Light of Myanmar said. The party’s armed wing, the Mon National Liberation Army, is one of Myanmar’s smaller armed ethnic minority groups. (AFP)
