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BANGKOK, Thailand – On Thursday, Yohei Sasakawa, the Japanese special envoy to Myanmar and chair of the Nippon Foundation, met separately in Thailand with representatives of Karen, Karenni, and Shan ethnic armed organizations, as well as junta affiliates.
The Karenni National Progressive Party’s (KNPP) deputy secretary, Aung San Myint, told the press.
He was present at the meeting with Sasakawa and KNPP chair Khu Oo Reh and Karenni Emergency Rescue Team member Nal Nae Palo.
“We’ve previously worked with them on education issues,” he said of the Nippon Foundation. “He invited us to the meeting, and we accepted his invitation.”
According to Aung San Myint, it was the KNPP’s first meeting with Sasakawa since Myanmar’s coup more than a year ago. The special envoy expressed interest in the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the ethnic armed organization’s area.
“We’ll have to come up with new ways to get supplies to IDPs.” He stated, “There is still no plan in the works.”
He went on to say, “We will continue to work with our allies toward federal democracy and the end of the dictatorship.” “[Sasakawa’s team] has said nothing about [political and military affairs], and we have no plans to speak with them about it.”
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