The frictions arising from territorial disputes among allies like Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA), PSLF/TNLA and Kachin Independence Organization/ Kachin Independence Army (KIO/KIA), KIO/KIA and Myanmar National Truth and Justice Party/ Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNTJP/MNDAA) and MNTJP/MNDAA and SSPP/SSA, have reached the political table of the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC). Although the allied forces have cleared all battalions, camps, outposts of the military council and its pillars in northern Shan State, which is home to diverse ethnic population groups, frictions between allies, which need to be handed and resolved with caution , have grown steadily.
This week, BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor’s bi-weekly news review highlights the frictions between the allied resistance forces in northern Shan State, based on events and incidents.
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