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Myanmar's Chinese-sponsored peace talks conclude without deal

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Myanmar's junta officials and the tripartite ethnic armed alliance meet in Mongla, northern Myanmar's Shan state, June 2, 2023. [AP Photo]

Chinese-sponsored talks in Myanmar between the junta and three of Myanmar's ethnic armies, known as the Brotherhood Alliance, aimed at persuading the three to support the junta's election plan concluded without an agreement Friday.

The alliance of the Arakan Army, the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army has been providing military training and supplies to anti-junta forces.

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