Myanmar's New President Calls for Peace Talks

0:00It's April 21st, Canada News Today starts now, AI-powered and ready. I'm Cory with the story. Myanmar's new president, Min Ang Hong, just called on the country's armed resistance groups to sit down for fresh peace talks. This marks his first invite since taking office on April 10th after a disputed election that keeps the military in control. He laid it out as part of a 100-day plan focused on peace, stability, and growth, announced at a Cabinet meeting Monday. The military grabbed power back in 2021, sparking a civil war that's still raging across most of the country. Pro-democracy fighters teamed up with long-fighting ethnic groups pushing for more autonomy, and previous talks since 2022, having gone far. Opposition leaders aren't buying it. A spokesperson for the National Unity Government called these invites fake, just a way to drag out military rule while they keep fighting alongside, people's defense forces. No one ethnic group, the tying National Liberation Army, congratulated the president and said

1:02they're open to talks. Min Ang Hong-Lang wants everyone in by July 31st, including past ceasefire signers and holdouts, even urging guerrilla forces to join the legal. Side, Myanmar's got 21 ethnic armed outfits with decades of conflict, and cycles of short ceasefires have never delivered real autonomy. Lately, the armies turned the tide, mid-2025, with China broker truces and new conscripts retaking ground from big alliances near the borders. Still, no one's betting on a full breakthrough anytime soon in this endless struggle.