'Only incumbent leaders welcome'
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Representatives from Myanmar's ethnic armed groups have requested that only incumbent foreign leaders - and not their illustrious predecessors - attend the signing of a nationwide ceasefire agreement.
They objected to the government’s invitation of former US presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and the former British prime minister Tony Blair as witnesses.
“We don’t want to invite former US presidents. They may have a personal dignity but they have no power. That’s why we didn’t accept their invitation. But we do want to invite the incumbent president or vice-president,” said Naing Han Thar, one of the leaders of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT).
