The offer was disclosed in the statement issued by Burma’s main opposition group the National League for Democracy, NLD, on Tuesday 8 February. NLD leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi asked the junta to allow ethnic groups who have entered cease fire agreements with the military regime to join the dialogue process in the statement released through the UN special advisor to Burma, Mr Gambari last November.
Some of the ethnic groups rejected the offer and insisted that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi did not have the mandate to speak on their behalf.
In a rare meeting with her party leaders last week, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi reiterated the need to hold a tripartite talks bringing together the NLD, the junta and the ethnic groups.
6,February.2008
