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Breakdown of the Kachin ceasefire, 2011
A 17-year ceasefire ended after government forces attacked KIA positions amid disputes over a hydroelectric project and demands to disarm.
What happened
The 1994 ceasefire broke down on 9 June 2011 after government forces attacked KIA positions, amid tensions over the Myitsone Dam and a rejected Border Guard Force ultimatum.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: In February 1994, the KIO signed a ceasefire agreement with Myanmar's ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council; the ceasefire held for seventeen years, during which the KIO administered substantial territory and civil institutions and taxed cross-border trade with China. Fighting resumed on 9 June 2011 after government forces attacked KIA positions, amid tensions including the military government's 2010 threat to relocate Kachin villages for the Myitsone Dam project and an ultimatum for ethnic armed organizations to convert into government-controlled Border Guard Forces, which the KIO and KIA rejected.
- Kachin conflict (Wikipedia) link, 1994 Ceasefire and Renewed Conflict sections. Source record