Myanmar deal assure end of fight with rebels

A Myanmar negotiator says ethnic Shan rebels have agreed in a second round of talks that there will be no more fighting between the guerrillas and government troops.

It is the latest reported agreement between Myanmar's new reform-minded government and various ethnic rebels.

Negotiator Aung Min said that Shan State Army (South) leader Yawd Serk discussed enforcing a December cease-fire and eradicating drugs in eastern Myanmar.

He told reporters Saturday night in Shan State's capital, Kengtung, that recent clashes were a result of misunderstanding over the firing of warning shots.

Myanmar President Thein Sein's government has reached cease-fires with several ethnic rebel groups, but fierce fighting continues with the Kachin minority in northern Myanmar.