Myanmar junta chief vows no talks with opposition "terrorists"


This handout photo taken and released on March 27, 2022 by the Myanmar Military Information Team shows Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attending a ceremony to mark the country's 77th Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw. - AFP

YANGON, March 27 (Reuters): Myanmar's junta chief has announced that the military would not negotiate with "terrorist" opposition forces, vowing to annihilate them during a speech on Armed Forces Day, as opponents of last year's coup vowed they would fight on.

The military, known as the Tatmadaw, celebrated with a parade of troops and weapons in the capital, Naypyitaw, for the second year since overthrowing the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021.

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