A time to talk and coexist: An open letter to Arakan Army chief Twan Mrat Naing
In an open letter to the Arakan Army chief, political scientist Nyi Nyi Kyaw writes that “sooner or later the Rohingya and Rakhine will have to live as neighbours again in harmony, or Arakan will not be at peace.” He calls on the army chief to offer the olive branch first for the negotiating table and how much good that would do “for the Rohingya, the Rakhine, the Arakan Army, the Arakkha nation and the international community at large.”
Dr. Nyi Nyi Kyaw is the International Development Research Centre (Canada) Research Chair on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia at the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development at Chiang Mai University in Thailand. Read the full letter published on Myanmar NOW.