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DAB meeting on unified opposition



Subject: DAB meeting on unified opposition

FUTURE OF UNIFIED OPPOSITION SUBJECT OF DAB MEETING
Agence France Presse

The future of a united opposition in Burma and the opening of talks
with its ruling military junta will be key points of discussion at
a meeting next week the Democratic Alliance of Burma, officials
said yesterday.

The meeting, which opened in Monday in Manerplaw, the DAB's
headquarters at the border between Burma and Thailand, comes as
joint pressure from China and Thailand has already resulted in part
of the opposition negotiating a separate ceasefire with the junta
in Rangoon.
     "We're scared of a border closure by Thailand, which would
mean not more medical supplies," Em Marta told AFP.
     Marta is in charge of the foreign affairs department of the
Karen National Union, the oldest and most powerful insurgent group
fighting the Rangoon junta.