NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Myanmar’s most heavily armed ethnic group held “positive” talks Friday with the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a spokesman for her office said, in a major boost for peace prospects.

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) stopped fighting the government in 1989 in exchange for control of a remote portion of territory bordering China which is believed to be awash with drugs.

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