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FILE - In this photo taken Tuesday, March 10, 2015, a rebel soldier with the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) rests in a camp in the Kokang region of Myanmar across from the Chinese border town of Zhenkang in China's southern Yunnan province. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this photo taken Tuesday, March 10, 2015, a rebel soldier with the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) rests in a camp in the Kokang region of Myanmar across from the Chinese border town of Zhenkang in China's southern Yunnan province. (AP Photo, File)

FILE- A Kachin Independence army rebel stands at frontline outpost facing no man's land in Lawa Yang, outside of Laiza, the armed group's headquarters in northern Kachin state, Myanmar, March 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Esther Htusan, File)

FILE- A Kachin Independence army rebel stands at frontline outpost facing no man's land in Lawa Yang, outside of Laiza, the armed group's headquarters in northern Kachin state, Myanmar, March 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Esther Htusan, File)

FILE - A driver hands over Myanmar kyats to an attendant as payment for fuel at a gas station in Botahtaung township in Yangon, Myanmar on Nov. 12, 2021. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - A driver hands over Myanmar kyats to an attendant as payment for fuel at a gas station in Botahtaung township in Yangon, Myanmar on Nov. 12, 2021. (AP Photo, File)

Local residents wade through flooded water at a broken bridge, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Local residents wade through flooded water at a broken bridge, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)