“Regarding border stability issues, we will cooperate at our best with neighbouring countries,” mentioned AA spokesperson Khine Thu Kha in an announcement, including the group will take over administration and legislation enforcement within the space.

A spokesperson for the junta didn’t reply to a request for remark. Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the AA’s declare.

The fall of Paletwa within the west comes after one other insurgent group within the Three Brotherhood Alliance took Laukkai city on the in northern Shan State on the border with China.

Last week, the junta agreed a ceasefire with that group, the TNLA, for the area bordering China. The talks had been held within the Chinese metropolis of Kunming and facilitated by Chinese officers.

But on Sunday, the insurgent alliance mentioned junta forces are breaching the ceasefire settlement, launching assaults in a number of townships in Shan State.