SSA Calls for Dialogue

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18 Sept 98, Chiangmai, S.H.A.N. 

" The SSA Calls for Dialogue " 

The Shan States Army has issued an announcement, dated 15 September, 
calling for the materialization of the Tripartite Dialogue. 

The statement, signed by Yordserk, its commander, also called for transfer 
of power to the representatives elected in 1990. 

In addition, it also asked the ceasefire groups to take stock of their
ten-year 
experience with the military junta, whether things have gone for the better
or 
worse with the people and urged them not to lose sight of their original aims 
and objectives. 

The message ended with a call to the Tatmadawmen i-e. Burmese soldiers 
to support the NLD's efforts to call the long awaited parliament. 

The Shan States Army is a combined force of the Shan State Army, Shan State 
National Army and the Shan United Revolutionary Army, which united in 1996. 
It is believed to be as strong if not stronger than the United Wa State Army 
in the whole Shan States. 


S.H.A.N. (Shan Herald Agency for News) 

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