The Northern Alliance has expressed in informal talks a willingness to sign bilateral peace pacts with the Myanmar military before holding discussions on whether to join the government’s nationwide cease-fire accord to end decades of hostilities, RFA reported.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Arakan Army (AA), Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), known collectively as the Northern Alliance, proposed the plan during an unofficial meeting with representatives from the Myanmar Peace Commission in southwestern China’s Kunming on Feb. 25-26, said TNLA spokesman Major Tar Aik Kyaw.

The meeting participants did not sign any agreements at the informal gathering, but decided to meet again in the near future, Tar Aik Kyaw said.