Myanmar President seeks peace talks within 100 days, rebels reject offer

Myanmar’s new military-backed government wants to hold peace talks with Opposition armed groups by the end of July, ​the country’s junta leader-turned-president said, but two key rebel groups rejected the ‌offer on Tuesday (April 21, 2026).

State media reported that President Min ​Aung Hlaing, who led a coup five years ⁠ago that plunged the Southeast Asian country into a civil war that continues to rage, told a government meeting that he wanted rebel ‌groups that were not part of a ceasefire deal to join talks to be held within ‌100 days.