Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for a major peace conference with ethnic minorities - a chance again for Myanmar to progress towards the federal state the minorities have fought for for decades.
But analysts warn that despite her public support - her National League for Democracy (NLD) won the November 2015 election by a landslide - the military must be on the same page for any effort to succeed.
The leader of the NLD government told representatives of armed ethnic groups on Wednesday: "We have to work on holding a peace conference and including non-signatories of the NCA in the peace process at the same time." The NCA is the National Ceasefire Accord that was cobbled together last October by the previous government with eight armed groups. Several other armed groups did not sign the pact. (Courtesy of The Straits Times)
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