11-09-2015 08:48 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Excluded armed groups say they want to join Myanmar peace talks

By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Three ethnic armed groups have called on the Myanmar government to include them in talks on a ceasefire being negotiated with other groups, after they had been excluded following clashes with the army near the border with China earlier this year. Myanmar President Thein Sein on Wednesday met leaders of five main ethnic guerrilla groups for ceasefire talks in the capital Naypyitaw. The exclusion of the Arakan Army, Myanmar National Democratic
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