Myanmar’s junta leader, Senior General U Min Aung Hlaing, said the regime had held peace talks with 13 ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), including the New Mon State Party (NMSP), during his address to the Union Parliament on Tuesday.
U Min Aung Hlaing said the junta had invited ethnic resistance organizations (EROs) to participate in peace talks under a 100-day initiative that ran from April 20 through July 31, 2026.
As the 100-day period concluded on July 31, he addressed the initiative in his speech, highlighting what he described as its achievements.
“Our government has kept the door to peace permanently open and promptly invited all ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) to engage in dialogue. We extended the invitation to both organizations that have signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and those that have not, without imposing any preconditions. As a result, we were able to hold discussions with 13 ethnic armed organizations,” U Min Aung Hlaing said.
According to the junta leader, the NCA-signatory organizations that participated in the talks include the New Mon State Party (NMSP), the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA), the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army–Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC), the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP), and the Lahu Democratic Union (LDU).
He also said the junta met with several non-NCA signatory groups, including the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP), the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA–Mongla), the United Wa State Army (UWSA), the Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA), the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), the Chin National Organization (CNO), and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland–Khaplang (NSCN-K).
U Min Aung Hlaing further stated that the junta would continue implementing the People’s Military Service Law, which was activated on February 10, 2024. Following the 2021 military coup and its loss of control over large areas of the country, the junta has used the law to recruit large numbers of conscripts.
“To ensure the country possesses a defense and security capability worthy of respect, we will continue implementing and enforcing the People’s Military Service Law, which came into effect on February 10, 2024,” he said.
Several ethnic armed organizations and allied revolutionary forces continue to reject what they describe as the junta’s sham peace offer and continue their military operations against the regime.
