The Irrawaddy
October 13, 2023
(Top row from left to right) Representatives of three NCA non-signatories and two NCA signatories that joined the junta-organized peace talks. (Bottom row left to right) Representatives of five NCA signatories that joined the talks.
Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing is planning to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in Naypyitaw on Sunday, even though some of the signatories have been fighting the Myanmar military since the 2021 coup, saying the accord is no longer valid.