It is not a dotted zero, but almost.
Returning from a thirty-six hour visit to the ghost capital of Nay Pyi Taw, Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Saturday underlined the
“remarkable results”
achieved in the thorny Burmese case, made possible by his discussions with the putschist general Min Aung Hlaing.
In reality, talks during this first visit by a head of government since the February 1 coup are expected to be of limited scope, in a country on the brink of civil war.
No meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi
In a joint statement, the new strongman of Burma indeed announced a cease-fire until the end of the year 2022. But this commitment will very probably remain ineffective: decided unilaterally by the junta, without the presence of the opposition, it concerns only ethnic armed groups, guerrillas that have raged along the Burmese borders since independence in 1947.
“The ceasefire does not take into account the outbreaks of violence in urban centers ...
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