Mon National Liberation Army

Mon National Liberation Army
မွန်အမျိုးသား လွတ်မြောက်ရေး တပ်မတော်
Participant in the Internal conflict in Myanmar
Flag of the NMSP/MNLA
Active July 1958 (1958-07) – present
Ideology Mon nationalism
Separatism
Headquarters Ye Chaung Phya, Mon State
Area of operations Mon State
Tanintharyi Region[1]
Size 800+ (2,000 reserves)[2]
Part of New Mon State Party
Opponents

State opponents

Non-state opponents

Battles and wars Internal conflict in Myanmar

The Mon National Liberation Army (Burmese: မွန်အမျိုးသား လွတ်မြောက်ရေး တပ်မတော်; abbreviated MNLA) is a Mon insurgent group in Myanmar (Burma).[2] It is the armed wing of the New Mon State Party (NMSP), and has been fighting government forces since 1949, though under different names. The NMSP signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on 15 October 2015 with several other insurgent groups and the government of Myanmar.

In September 2016, MNLA fighters began clashing with members of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), in the Tanintharyi Region. Both the NMSP and the KNU were signatories of the NCA at the time of the fighting. A temporary bilateral truce was reached between the two groups on 14 March 2018.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "KNU and NMSP agree to temporary ceasefire". The Myanmar Times. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Myanmar Peace Monitor: Stakeholders - New Mon State Party


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