YANGON: Myanmar’s government and ethnic Kachin rebels began peace talks on Monday in the Chinese border town of Ruili aiming at to try to rescue a faltering peace process and end one of the country’s bloodiest ethnic conflicts.
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The two sides have held 11 rounds of talks since the conflict broke out anew in June 2011 when a 17-year truce collapsed, but they failed to make any breakthrough.
The meeting comes following an unprecedented escalation in a conflict in which the military has been accused of using excessive force, discrediting a government lauded for its broad reforms and initiating a nationwide peace drive.
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