The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), a leading force in the Operation 1027 anti-regime offensive, has announced that it will not cooperate militarily or politically with Myanmar’s publicly mandated National Unity Government (NUG).
The MNDAA and its ally, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), have taken control of most of northern Shan State, including its largest city Lashio, since the launch of Operation 1027 in October of last year.
However, in a statement released on Wednesday, the group, also known as the Kokang Army, said that it would not make any effort to capture the Shan State capital, Taunggyi, or Myanmar’s second-largest city, Mandalay.
The statement was initially posted on Facebook two weeks earlier, shortly after China expressed dissatisfaction with the situation along its border with Shan State, but was soon taken down.
Political analyst Than Soe Naing told Myanmar Now that the statement. . .
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