(Naypyidaw, 26th) After the new Myanmar government officially took office for one month, it has once again launched offensives in several border regions, including those holding significant rare earth mineral resources and important trade routes.
The military’s recent offensives are mainly concentrated in three areas: Kachin State, which borders China and is rich in heavy rare earth elements; Chin State, bordering India; and the Karen State trade corridor, near Thailand.
Analysts point out that the new military leader, Ye Win Oo, is actively advancing military operations in an attempt to reclaim strategic border outposts from minority armed groups that have grown stronger in recent years.
According to the official media outlet “The Global New Light of Myanmar,” Ye Win Oo told soldiers in a meeting last week that the military has taken control of Paletwa in Chin State, as well as a key transport route between Mandalay and Myitkyina in Kachin State.
Myanmar affairs analyst Sai Kyi Zin Soe said the military’s strategic logic is that they need to regain control of Myanmar’s main transportation and trade routes.
Chin National Front spokesperson Salai Van said that due to intensive airstrikes by the military, the armed group has conducted a strategic withdrawal from Paletwa and Tongzang in Chin State.
Kachin Independence Army spokesperson Naw Bu said that the organization is prepared for defense. “We will welcome them with guns and artillery.”
Karen National Union spokesperson Saw Taw Nee also condemned: “The military has repeatedly violated its commitments in the peace process and shows no respect for agreements, so there is fundamentally no basis for trust. Whatever they do is doomed to fail.”
Civil war erupted in Myanmar in 2021. The pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party won in elections from late last year to early this year, and former military government leader Min Aung Hlaing was inaugurated as president on April 10. The new government proposed to launch peace talks within 100 days at that time, but multiple ethnic armed organizations rejected it.
Analysts point out that the new military leader, Ye Win Oo, is actively advancing military operations in an attempt to reclaim strategic border outposts from minority armed groups that have grown stronger in recent years.
According to the official media outlet “The Global New Light of Myanmar,” Ye Win Oo told soldiers in a meeting last week that the military has taken control of Paletwa in Chin State, as well as a key transport route between Mandalay and Myitkyina in Kachin State.
Myanmar affairs analyst Sai Kyi Zin Soe said the military’s strategic logic is that they need to regain control of Myanmar’s main transportation and trade routes.
Chin National Front spokesperson Salai Van said that due to intensive airstrikes by the military, the armed group has conducted a strategic withdrawal from Paletwa and Tongzang in Chin State.
Kachin Independence Army spokesperson Naw Bu said that the organization is prepared for defense. “We will welcome them with guns and artillery.”
Karen National Union spokesperson Saw Taw Nee also condemned: “The military has repeatedly violated its commitments in the peace process and shows no respect for agreements, so there is fundamentally no basis for trust. Whatever they do is doomed to fail.”
Civil war erupted in Myanmar in 2021. The pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party won in elections from late last year to early this year, and former military government leader Min Aung Hlaing was inaugurated as president on April 10. The new government proposed to launch peace talks within 100 days at that time, but multiple ethnic armed organizations rejected it.