Parties reject military invite

YANGON: A week after the military coup in Myanmar, the Tatmadaw (military) government invited the elected govet to take part in the Tatmadaw-formed peace talks committee. However, Myanmar's political parties rejected the military's invitation. Mainstream and ethnic political parties in Myanmar are largely refusing to take up roles in the military's State Administrative Council headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing who is trying to broaden its base amid growing street protests across the country.

The militar y has informed the ethnic armed groups that future peace talks will be continued only with the militar y-formed peace committee.