路透社:首席武装发话 有战争无协议

南山忠魂

路透社仰光电，缅甸最大的民族武装领导人本周五表示，只要战争在继续，想靠一个停火协议来结束缅甸长期的军事冲突是不可能的。

缅甸政府在3月份与民族武装联盟签署了一份全国停火协议草案，该协议旨在彻底结束缅甸几十年的战乱，此举让缅甸政府赢得了国际社会的广泛赞誉。

但让缅甸政府尴尬的是，自2月份以来，该国东北部边远的果敢地区,残酷战争一直在进行着。

佤邦联合军是缅甸实力最强大的武装组织，它的领导人鲍有祥说：“除非果敢战争能结束，否则全国停火协议就是一张废纸!”佤邦并没能参加签署全国停火协议草案。

YANGON (Reuters) - A ceasefire deal to end Myanmar's long-running ethnic insurgencies is not possible as long as fighting persists, the leader of the country's largest rebel group said on Friday.

Myanmar's semi-civilian government drew international praise in March after 16 rebel groups signed a draft ceasefire accord aiming to end six decades of armed conflict.

But brutal fighting between government forces and rebels has flared in the remote northeastern Kokang region since February, spilling over the border into neighbouring China, where five people were killed by stray bombs last month.

"Until and unless the fighting stops, the nationwide ceasefire agreement will be merely words written on a piece of paper," said Bao Youxiang, the leader of the 30,000-strong United Wa State Army (UWSA), which did not sign the draft pact.