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a closer look at myanmar where a rebel coalition of armies appear to be making progress in their war against the ruling mark. quinta, the military had seized power in a coup in 2021. the democratically elected parliament, the military targeted, scattered with some legislators between the countries and others, remaining behind. they have been operating a parallel civilian government ever since. and to some young supporters for democracy took up arms. their efforts are finally paying off. it seems with the fighters making games on at least 3 major friends across northern myanmar. the business that fight that me and mas rolling mill that you, john, to didn't see coming the sold you this a pots of what's known as the 3 brotherhood alliance. a coalition of different

ethnic groups doing now stretching me a mazda rolling mid. the g forces across multiple fronts. in the last few weeks, the plaintive taken town of the town and the newest of the country. that's with our, a kind of okay, releasing video showing the power in progress. as a claim, control of key military outposts also weapon salgado and captured territory. they believe belongs to them. although the people yeah. on a us on. yeah. so it is. yeah. so i the homeowners interest with a font. no, it's an operation that's become known by those involved as 1027, a reference to the date this coordinated fight back began initially focused in the new will cease in shan state. is now growing is the biggest, some of the to challenge to me and last june to since it sees power in 2021 goes

wrong with the opposition pro democracy, national unity governments also joining the assault, much of which is happening in every, as the board of india and china. so essentially, china is following closely the conflict and nothing me in march and has been urging all parties to stop the fighting here. recently, some countries asked china for assistance and our humanitarian spirit. we have facilitated their citizens transit good china from now than me and my the tools in the un says more than 200000 people have already been displaced by the fighting since the start of this offensive, this recent footage, giving a sense of the sheer number of people now trying to flee a many more likely to fall away with me. and mazda may latrete take tight to shift,

unlikely to concede easily, and despite attracting an ever growing conflict that now threatens to jones, has an cloud grip on power. is joining us as cats, sauce spokes, person for the national unity government. that is the civilian government that was democratically elected in 2020. thank you for joining the program. can you tell us what your government knows about where things stand on the fighting front? yes. um, oh, going to mention that you need to go to the mall or the agent with the order you are losing the country and the desktop reset menu office, i guess the new mobility started on october 27th. we got 3 above the blue. so we are gaining uh, we can show a 160 minutes basis and the toms including the district never caused we,

i'm making that we know we are well off my we are tracking the truth, literally from the different all over the country at o'clock speaking the tax you are up against a military that has been in power for decades, making inroads and border areas is one thing, but do you think it's possible to, for example, fight all the way to the capital one day and topple this winter? oh, definitely. this is the people, paul, what is it that people, revolution, the ministry, people thought that some people me thought the military cannot be defeated, but this recent ministry officer called you need to call for us to get some entry, to show this a showcase in hoffman unity strand and so what do you need to take of this um, originally processed. and the other thing, the issues that we can state of the ministry, the up i'll actually be more arising, end of the surrender. or i want to switch to looking at the civilian aspect. your

government is running in parallel with the military authority. just briefly explain how that works. where do you administer? what are you trying to do is i'm military losing drones and the beacon am through the group on true areas as a ballpark one people in the country. and then the most, almost 60 percent of the country's territory is not controlled by and u g and the resistance forces and the many areas on top of that when you use up competing. so ministry control only basically only the big cities that even the big cities of the they lost control. and then we, we are winning and at this it says the home and as long as soon as we gain the cause of we've pulled up people's ministration on the wrong or right. know, and you'll be set up the more than 100 ministration mother iris,

empty cultures across the mall and the state also the help the, the old, the state is facing. pol bodies for example, and currently stay the are you so you can turn it into the executive council. so those are the ones that we're taking over the uh, the services and just providing the administrative and then the restoring the oral . and then also the security also people. so those are the ones that we are we still see stations, the resolution and get somebody to, to end amenities when they, when it's ridiculous, you know, mall westfall, your government was democratically elected. it is legitimate. but the international community has not recognized, you know, other country recognizes you. why do you think that is and what would you like to see? no one will be here is that the most common don't recognize the, recognize a state,

not the complement, but many governments are engaging with us. and then we are actively engaged in with the condition of community. and we meet all we have thought were thankful for those countries, stuff would engage and improve. i kinda wanted to go and duplicate stuck some muscle offs. so you guys are, you are right. the we are the democratically elected, legitimate government, or m o n a should be recognized as a law whole lecture to make argument. that's why we are, we are requesting the origin of the international community chat. so thank you so much for joining us. but thank you. thank you. and we turned to and a blanket of kings college london's war studies department for more. and i thank you for joining the program, the national unity governments books. personally, we just talked to seems confident these recent military victories could be the beginning of the end. for the military when to what's your observation?

i can definitely see why they all say positive. i think we look at what's happened over the past few weeks since the tons of votes for some folks have a what we can see is a very significant military victories, but we haven't seen before since incentives gamma. so there is my so shift and this is a big, tiny point in the conflict. but i think it's 2 ways how whether that would be a would be sustained or withheld by the military forces that taking them and what that means really successful. the national unity just been at this time. what is china's role in all this? say? i think it's a very interesting one. china is the 9 to very much touches position between the rebel groups and most voted lines of controlled. a lot of the areas between the cent sure most as me on mother control by the hands and china for very no time in this scenario. but it's been in complex,

didn't seem to dependence for me on my and, but his also works very closely with the central government on the hunt to and since independence, the next level of memorandums. and they have a lot of investment in the amount. and what we can see over the last few months is a big frustration from the chinese government over the indigo sky networks that in working for the post lands me on la, creating significant problems for central china. so right now kind of seems to be considered right? we considering it support of the 100 so out of this headache policy and possibly moving towards a pool of the reformation and all the energy which is a big threat to the hunter. as we can see from the site that they have now started taking place on these networks and tons of use a scam as to the chinese government and the last few days. now the rebellion naturally wants to present itself as a united front, but some of these ethnic minority armies were fighting each other or the central government and they are now fighting alongside each other. how long can this

coalition hold as evidence for me i'm, i think what is just the this is this is will be temporary and this alliance seems to be working very well. right now. i'm, it is dismissal. will be needing change. big gains, as we've seen for the headlines they've succeed very well in sean, on like on a region. and it's not been joined by the k. a. i've seen similar kind of attacks being pulled in to any entire state. so in that regard, this lives working very effective me in terms of counseling ministry subjects right now. the experience is of alliances in me on uh, previously have highlighted that these are very short term agreements in regards to c spy. in regards to a previous licensed between level groups, these groups have very different names and objectives and their big concerns about, you know, the idea of federation or estimate can you see me, i'm not. and so i think if that was a way to combat them, this could be a significant move forward. but there's a lot of obstacles in the way love to start reading. it says that makes this kind

of alliance very high scripts to sustain. now the trigger for this friday, at least the most recent incident, was the fact the military ignore the results of an election. any object did the democratically elected legislature. to what extent, though, would it be accurate at this point to describe this as a pro democratic rebellion? well, i think we looked at the leadership and how much does just misty and support the energy have on the local level. i think you can definitely say that there is a very strong pro democracy elements to this movement and i think to try and deny that would be some misunderstand what's happening to me on my right now. but i think we need to be honest about the context is occurring within the start to that a rebel groups because by some for independence and succession from m a for very long time. and so yes, it can be present the classic. but there is also a lot of succession is missing. 3rd involved in this and a plunkett. thank you so much for joining us. you. so that's it for the program.

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