Ta’ang Rebels Start Talks With Myanmar Junta in China

德昂叛军在中国与缅甸军政府开始谈判（机译）

作者：伊洛瓦底江         来源：伊洛瓦底江

Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) members march in Mantong in 2014. / The Irrawaddy

2014年，德昂民族解放军（TNLA）成员在曼通游行。/伊洛瓦底江

Representatives from Myanmar’s military junta and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) from northern Shan State began talks in China on Sunday.

周日，来自缅甸军政府和掸邦北部的德昂民族解放军（TNLA）的代表在中国开始会谈。

“The talks are continuing today, and we will release a statement when they are finished,” Major General Tar Bhone Kyaw, the TNLA secretary general, told The Irrawaddy. “At this moment, we can’t say anything else.”

“会谈今天仍在继续，会谈结束后我们将发表声明，”TNLA秘书长Tar bone Kyaw少将对《伊洛瓦底报》说。“此时此刻，我们不能说别的。”

The nine-member TNLA delegation is led by Lieutenant General Tar Gu Jar and Colonel Tar Moe Hein, while the junta’s delegation is led by Lieutenant General Ko Ko Oo, commander of the Bureau of Special Operation (BSO) 1.

由九名成员组成的TNLA代表团由塔尔古加中将和塔尔莫海因上校率领，而军政府代表团则由特别行动局（BSO） 1指挥官Ko Ko Oo中将率领。

The TNLA is a member of the Brotherhood Alliance along with the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Arakan Army (AA). Their Operation 1027 has liberated much of northern Shan State, capturing some 25 towns and the capital Lashio.

TNLA与缅甸民族民主联盟军（MNDAA）和阿拉干军（AA）一起是兄弟会联盟的成员。他们的1027行动解放了掸邦北部的大部分地区，占领了大约25个城镇和首府腊戍。

A TNLA official said the group went to the talks in Kunming to resolve the crisis facing people in TNLA-controlled areas, adding that they “could not resist” pressure from junta-allied China.

一名TNLA官员表示，该组织前往昆明举行会谈是为了解决TNLA控制地区人民面临的危机，并补充说，他们“无法抵抗”来自军政府盟友中国的压力。

The TNLA controls about a dozen towns including Mongmit, Mogok, Nawnghkio and Kyaukme, which are frequently targeted by junta air and artillery strikes.

TNLA控制着包括Mongmit， Mogok， Nawnghkio和Kyaukme在内的十几个城镇，这些城镇经常成为军政府空袭和炮击的目标。

Lt-Gen Ko Ko Oo, the BSO-1 commander, was also a key representative of the junta at China-brokered talks with the MNDAA in Kunming in December 2023, which resulted in a ceasefire agreement that has not held.

BSO-1指挥官Ko Ko Oo中将也是军政府的重要代表，于2023年12月在中国的斡旋下与MNDAA在昆明举行了会谈，最终达成了一项停火协议，但尚未生效。

Following a fresh China-brokered ceasefire agreement on Jan. 20, the MNDAA, also a member of the Brotherhood Alliance, pledged to uphold China’s policy of “promoting peace and dialogue” in Myanmar.

继1月20日中国斡旋的停火协议后，MNDAA，也是兄弟会联盟的成员，承诺支持中国在缅甸“促进和平与对话”的政策。

Conflict analysts say the junta could again negotiate from a position of strength with the TNLA, as it did with the MNDAA, focusing on military matters without addressing political and peace issues.

冲突分析人士说，缅甸军政府可能再次以强势地位与TNLA进行谈判，就像它与MNDAA所做的那样，把重点放在军事问题上，而不涉及政治与和平问题。

On Saturday, just as TNLA representatives departed for Kunming, the junta fired over 100 bombs and artillery shells into five villages in Nawnghkio.

上周六，就在TNLA代表启程前往昆明之际，军政府向瑙格基奥的5个村庄发射了100多枚炸弹和炮弹。

The villages were attacked despite the absence of any ground clashes. Earlier the military had conducted repeated airstrikes in TNLA-controlled areas and killed dozens of people.

尽管没有发生地面冲突，这些村庄还是遭到了袭击。早些时候，军方在tnla控制的地区进行了多次空袭，造成数十人死亡。

Under pressure from China, the ethnic armed group announced in late November it was ready to engage in peace talks with the junta, expressing concern that civilians were bearing the brunt of the armed conflict in northern Shan State.

在中国的压力下，这个少数民族武装组织于11月底宣布，它准备与缅甸军政府进行和平谈判，并对掸邦北部武装冲突中平民首当其冲表示担忧。

The TNLA also acknowledged the Chinese government’s “mediation efforts.”

TNLA还承认中国政府的“调解努力”。

作者：伊洛瓦底江         来源：伊洛瓦底江