UN's Ban calls for truce in Myanmar ethnic conflict
- Published: 30 Apr 2012 at 18.48
- Online news: Asia
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for an end to the bloodshed in war-torn northern Myanmar that has marred the new regime's reformist image.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech in Myanmar's Union parliament in Naypyidaw. Ban called for an end to the bloodshed in war-torn northern Myanmar that has marred the new regime's reformist image.
Continued heavy fighting in Kachin State, in the far north of the country, "is inconsistent with the successful conclusion of the ceasefire agreements with all other major groups", Ban told lawmakers in a landmark address to parliament.
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