CNI News
17 December 2025
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission, said that the Kokang force (MNDAA), the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), and the Arakan Army (AA) are prioritizing a desire to stand separately rather than walking the path of a multi-party democratic system and jointly building the Union.
He made these remarks in a message sent to the ceremony marking the 51st Rakhine State Day held on December 15, 2025.
The Senior General stated:“Since October 2023, the actions of the terrorist insurgent groups MNDAA, TNLA, and AA have further worsened the socio-economic conditions of ethnic people. Due to the destructive acts of armed insurgents, many innocent civilians have suffered hardship. The armed attacks carried out by these terrorist insurgents over successive eras are merely violent acts driven by misguided ideologies under the pretext of politics. It has been observed that, rather than walking the multi-party democratic path and jointly building the Union, they are prioritizing only the desire to stand separately.”
Leaders of MNDAA, AA, and TNLA
MNDAA, AA, and TNLA united armed groups of the Spring Revolution and launched the first wave of Operation 1027 on October 27, 2023, followed by a second wave in June 2024.
During Operation 1027, they seized and controlled areas in northern Shan State, including the Northeast Military Command, as well as Lashio, Hseni, Kunlong, Chinshwehaw, Laukkai, Konkyan, Mongkoe, Namkham, Namhsan, Mantong, Kutkai, Hsipaw, Kyaukme, Naungcho, Mine Ngaw, Namtu, Mogok, and Momeik, along with areas in Mandalay Region such as Mogok, Singu, Madaya, and Thabeikkyin.
Similarly, in Rakhine State, the AA seized and controlled areas including the West Military Command, Mrauk-U, Rathedaung, Maungdaw, Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun, Ramree, Thandwe, Minbya, Gwa, Toungup, and Ann, as well as Paletwa in Chin State.
Subsequently, through Chinese mediation, the Myanmar Tatmadaw regained control of the Northeast Military Command, including Lashio, Mogok, and Momeik. After also fighting TNLA-PDF forces, they were able to re-establish control over Naungcho, Kyaukme, Hsipaw, Madaya, Thabeikkyin, and Singu.
Signing of the NCA on October 15, 2015
The Senior General further said that armed groups have lured and recruited youths using narcotic drugs and forcibly pushed them into the war. He emphasized that demands cannot be achieved through armed terrorist methods, and that conflicts can only be resolved peacefully by coming to the political negotiating table. He urged them to abandon the armed path and return to the correct course.
He also said that, for peace in the Union, only by following the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) pathway can the peaceful and stable nation that everyone hopes for be built. Myanmar’s peace process, he added, can succeed only by avoiding foreign interference and by seeking solutions through political dialogue among ethnic brothers and sisters, grounded in the spirit of Union unity.
Political and military analysts point out that although MNDAA, AA, and TNLA had expressed a desire to sign the NCA in 2015, the Myanmar Tatmadaw did not allow them to do so and instead blocked it. Now, as MNDAA, AA, and TNLA have grown stronger and gained territorial control, they are demanding rights that go beyond the NCA framework.
