Myanmar has reached a preliminary ceasefire agreement with ethnic Kachin rebels, the last major armed group to agree to stop fighting after decades of civil war.
Min Zaw Oo, negotiator and director of the EU-funded Myanmar Peace Center, said Kachin and Myanmar government representatives had signed a seven-point plan which included the halting of hostilities.
“I think we have achieved a breakthrough,” he said.
“The agreement is to stop fighting at this point and afterwards there are going to be detailed discussions about the repositioning of troops.”