缅政府与叛军达成停火协议

Burma's government and ethnic Kachin rebels have reached a tentative cease-fire aimed at ending two years of fighting that has displaced nearly 100,000 people.

Under the agreement, reached Thursday after three days of talks, fighting will stop and further talks will be held on Kachin demands for more political rights and greater autonomy.

The talks, in northern Burma, were monitored by representatives of the United Nations, Chinese government and Burmese ethnic minorities. Chinese diplomat Lu Zhi told VOA's Burmese service that China had assisted the negotiations at the request of both sides.缅甸政府和克钦族叛军初步达成停火协议，这场历经两年的战火导致将近10万人流离失所。

经过3天会谈后，双方于星期四达成这项协议，决定停止战斗，并就克钦人要求更多政治权利和更大自主权问题举行进一步会谈。

会谈在缅甸北部举行，联合国、中国政府和缅甸少数民族都派出代表列席会议。一位中国外交官对美国之音说，中国应双方的邀请，为谈判提供了帮助。

这项7点协议规定停止战斗，举行政治对话，并设立联合监督委员会。双方还同意开始致力于重新安置流离失所的人们。

美国驻仰光使馆星期五发表声明对和谈表示欢迎。

自缅甸总统吴登盛的政府于2011年执政以来，卡钦族是缅甸唯一一个没有签署停战协议的主要少数民族。