KNU Opens Sixth Liaison Office

By | Friday, March 8, 2013 |

Ethnic rebel group the Karen National Union (KNU) opened their sixth liaison office on Tuesday in Naung Bo village, Thaton Township, Mon State, Karen News is reporting. It said Union Minister Zayar Aung and Mon State Chief Minister Ohn Myint attended the ceremony, along with KNU chairman General Mutu Say and the Karen National Liberation Army’s 1st Brigade Commander General Saw Kyaw Lin. The KNU signed a ceasefire agreement with the central government on January 2012 and it opened liaison offices in KyaukKyi, Dawei, Three Pagodas Pass, Myawaddy, and Pa-an.