AA Says Halt to Rakhine Fighting Is Up to Myanmar Junta

若开军称若开邦停火取决于缅甸军政府（机译）

作者：伊洛瓦底江        来源：伊洛瓦底江

AA troops after seizing Gwa on December 29, 2024 / AA

2024年12月29日占领瓜岛后的AA部队

Whether the Arakan Army (AA) will halt a devastating offensive it is blazing through Rakhine State depends on the military regime, AA spokesman Khaing Thukha has told The Irrawaddy.

若开军发言人Khaing Thukha在接受《伊洛瓦底报》采访时表示，若开军是否会停止在若开邦展开的毁灭性攻势，取决于军政府。

The ethnic armed group in a statement Sunday said it is ready to solve internal conflict by political means rather than military action. The statement came the same day the AA took full control of Gwa Township at the southernmost tip of Rakhine State.

这个少数民族武装组织星期天在一份声明中说，它准备通过政治手段而不是军事行动解决内部冲突。声明发表的同一天，缅甸若开军完全控制了若开邦最南端的瓜镇。

That means it now holds 14 of 17 townships in the western state just 13 months since it launched the offensive in November 2023.

这意味着自2023年11月发动进攻以来，仅13个月，它就控制了西部州17个乡镇中的14个。

In the process the regime lost its Western Command headquarters in Ann Township among other humiliating defeats.

在此过程中，该政权失去了安镇的西部司令部总部，以及其他耻辱的失败。

“To seek political solutions to political problems has been our policy from the beginning,” Khaing Thukha said. “We continue to adhere to this policy and keep the door open [for talks]. Whether our offensives will cease depends mainly on how the regime responds.”

“为政治问题寻求政治解决方案，从一开始就是我们的政策，”Khaing Thukha说。“我们将继续坚持这一政策，并继续敞开（谈判的）大门。我们的进攻是否会停止，主要取决于军政权如何回应。”

The AA now has dramatic leverage because it controls most Chinese projects in Rakhine, which run into billions of dollars, including oil and natural gas pipelines and access to the Indian Ocean from China’s landlocked Yunnan Province.

若开军现在拥有巨大的影响力，因为它控制着中国在若开邦的大多数项目，这些项目涉及数十亿美元，包括石油和天然气管道，以及从中国内陆省份云南通往印度洋的通道。

The AA spokesman pledged to safeguard them.

若开军发言人承诺会保护他们。

“Regarding foreign investments in our controlled areas, we have already stated that we will provide the best protection for any investments beneficial to our people, and we will cooperate as necessary. There is no change in this policy,” he said.

“关于在我们控制地区的外国投资，我们已经声明，我们将为任何有利于我们人民的投资提供最好的保护，我们将在必要时进行合作。这一政策没有改变。”

The AA said several junta commanders including the leader of the 11th Light Infantry Division, Colonel Than Soe Win, were killed in fighting in Gwa.

若开军说，包括第11轻步兵师指挥官丹梭温上校在内的几名军政府指挥官在瓜瓦的战斗中丧生。

The regime used around 1,200 troops to defend Gwa, and an estimated 700 of them died in clashes, said the AA citing its own body count, accounts of prisoners of war, and seized documents.

AA援引自己的死亡人数、战俘记录和缴获的文件称，该政权动用了大约1200名士兵来保卫瓜瓦，其中估计有700人死于冲突。

Several damaged armored vehicles, weapons, and other military equipment were seized and many junta soldiers captured, the AA reported

据AA报道，几辆受损的装甲车、武器和其他军事装备被缴获，许多军人被俘

In response to pressure from China, the AA’s confederates in the Brotherhood Alliance—the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army—have also expressed their readiness to engage in talks. Beijing has been pressuring ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) for months to stop fighting the regime by closing border crossings and cutting off supplies.

作为对来自中国的压力的回应，AA在三兄弟联盟中的同盟——缅甸民族民主联盟军和塔昂民族解放军——也表示愿意参加谈判。几个月来，北京一直在向少数民族武装组织（eao）施压，通过关闭过境点和切断供应，要求其停止与缅甸政权的战斗。

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing has repeatedly called for peace talks but continues deadly airstrikes as well as ground assaults in territories controlled by EAOs.

缅甸军政府领导人敏昂莱（Min Aung Hlaing）一再呼吁进行和平谈判，但在民族武装组织控制的地区继续进行致命的空袭和地面攻击。

作者：伊洛瓦底江        来源：伊洛瓦底江