The military led by General Min Aung Hlaing ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected civilian government in February 2021, triggering mass protests that were met with a brutal crackdown. - Reuters
YANGON: Myanmar's embattled junta on Thursday (Sept 26) invited armed groups opposed to its rule to stop fighting and start talks to bring peace, after three-and-a-half years of conflict.
The unexpected offer comes after the junta suffered a series of major battlefield reverses to ethnic minority armed groups and pro-democracy "People's Defence Forces" that rose up to oppose the military's seizure of power in 2021.
