Tensions Remain High Around Lashio After Handover to Junta

缅媒：腊戍移交给军政府后，局势依然紧张

作者：伊洛瓦底江        来源：伊洛瓦底江

Tensions remain high in northern Shan State’s Lashio Township after rebels’ China-brokered handover of the state capital to the military regime.

在中国斡旋下，反政府武装将掸邦首府移交给缅甸军政府之后，掸邦北部的腊戍城局势依然紧张。

MNDAA troops after seizing Lashio / The Kokang

同盟军占领腊戍/果敢

Further negotiations earlier this month between the junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) failed, and both sides continue to block roads and reinforce their positions.

本月早些时候，军政府和缅甸民族民主同盟军（MNDAA）之间的进一步谈判失败，双方继续封锁道路并加强阵地。

During a routine meeting on Nov. 11, junta officials demanded that MNDAA troops withdraw from National Highway 3 between Lashio and Hsipaw. When the rebels refused, junta forces unilaterally closed the road at Hsipaw, while the MNDAA blocked Road 44 to Namlan.

在11月11日的例行会议上，军政府官员要求MNDAA部队从腊戍和昔卜之间的3号国道撤退。当叛军拒绝时，军政府军队单方面关闭了昔卜的道路，而民族民主同盟军则封锁了通往南兰的44号公路。

A source close to the MNDAA told The Irrawaddy that talks between the two sides have failed to reopen the routes.

接近MNDAA的消息人士告诉《伊洛瓦底报》，双方的谈判未能重新开放这些路线。

The contested road was seized by the MNDAA during the August 2024 battle for Lashio. Under heavy pressure from China, it returned the city to the regime in early April but continues to control the countryside as well as the road to Hsipaw.

这条有争议的道路在2024年8月的腊戍战役中被MNDAA占领。在来自中国的巨大压力下，它于4月初将这座城市归还给了政权，但继续控制着农村以及通往昔卜的道路。

That means the junta only controls 12 urban wards in Lashio. Since it is home to its Northeastern Command, the road is a vital supply line.

这意味着军政府只控制腊戍的12个城区。由于它是东北司令部的所在地，这条公路是一条重要的补给线。

The regime on Nov. 15 closed Hsipaw Bridge, where Highway 3 loops over the Myitnge River just outside town.

11月15日，当局关闭了昔卜大桥，3号高速公路就在这里穿过城外的密日河。

The MNDAA then redeployed troops to villages along Road 3 to Lashio and Road 44 going south, according to sources close to the armed group.

据接近武装组织的消息人士称，MNDAA随后将部队重新部署到3号公路到拉什奥和44号公路向南的村庄。

Traders complain that the junta’s closure of Hsipaw Bridge has disrupted cross-border trade again, forcing hundreds of trucks carrying Chinese imports to go the long way round to Mandalay via Mongyai and Taunggyi.

商人们抱怨说，军政府关闭昔卜桥（Hsipaw Bridge）再次扰乱了跨境贸易，迫使数百辆载有中国进口商品的卡车绕道孟邑和东邑，走很长的路到达曼德勒。

But then cargo trucks using the Mongyai route were forced to turn back at a junta checkpoint outside the town on Sunday, they said.

但他们说，周日，使用孟崖路线的货运卡车被迫在该镇外的一个军政府检查站折返。

On Nov. 18, the MNDAA released more than 200 junta soldiers captured during the Lashio battle, but tensions persist, with the junta reinforcing troops at Muse, the only town on the Chinese border under its control.

11月18日，民族民主同盟军释放了在腊戍战役中被俘的200多名军政府士兵，但紧张局势仍在继续，军政府在其控制下的中国边境唯一城镇木姐增援部队。

作者：伊洛瓦底江        来源：伊洛瓦底江