What is being passed off as ‘peace talks’ – so-called peace invitations issued by a junta leader, one who retired from the position of Commander-in-Chief only to appoint himself President and seize state power, alongside meetings held among select ethnic armed organizations in the absence of any actual cessation of hostilities – differs in no meaningful way from the patterns frequently observed throughout more than five years since the military coup.
Yet, as if peace could be achieved overnight, the military council and its aligned groups continue to peddle such narratives. In practice, however, peace overtures and dialogue processes pursued by successive military regimes have served as nothing more than instruments of rhetoric, deployed to prolong military authoritarian rule.
This issue of BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor’s Biweekly News Review examines the peace-branded meetings being staged, the nature and standing of the parties involved in those meetings, and the prospects for genuine peace.
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