OFFICE OF THE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
KAREN NATIONAL UNION
KAWTHOOLEI
KNU Statement on Solidarity of Karen Revolutionary Resistance
After free and frank discussions at the meeting, held today (25-8-2006), between the KNU central and KNLA 7th Brigade leaders, we issue statement as follows.
- All of us, the officers and men, who have been struggling relentlessly for 57 years for the Karen people to gain the right to decide their own political destiny, pledge in solidarity to struggle on until the end goal is achieved.
- We also pledge to continue to carry out the important tasks of national unity, resolving the country’s problems through negotiation etc. in accordance with the policies and programs laid down at the 13th KNU Congress and to nurture the Karen revolution, in order to prevent it from dissension and discord.
- Settlement of the problem of unity within the revolution, which has caused apprehension among the entire Karen people and, officers and men of the Karen revolution, by responsible KNU leaders amicably through negotiation is an excellent outcome for the entire Karen people. We call upon the entire Karen revolution and people to struggle on into the future with determination, courage, correct patriotic spirit, high sense of unity, revolutionary alertness, political alertness and military alertness, until victory is achieved.
August 25, 2006