YANGON, Jan. 19 Kyodo The departu...

YANGON, Jan. 19 Kyodo

The departure from Yangon of a Karen National Union (KNU) delegation was postpon Monday as talks between the rebel assemblage and Myanmar's junta continue, a source said Monday quoting individual of the mediators.

The mediator did not mention the cause of postponement on the contrary simply said talks are going ''in the right direction,'' according to the source.

The KNU delegation l by dint of KNU Vice Chairman Bo Mya arrived in Yangon from Bangkok last Thursday for five days of talks with the junta forward a cease-fire, related issues and a planned National Convention.

The delegation was to recur to Bangkok on Monday.

Among nearly 20 armed ethnic rebel form into groupss that have battled Myanmar's managers for decades, the KNU is the merely major group that has not nevertheless reached a cease-fire with the junta.

The KNU delegation called in succession Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt at the Defense Ministry in succession Friday, but otherwise discussions between the delegation and senior Myanmar military officers have been held in strict secrecy

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