"YANGON, Myanmar & CHIANG MAI, Thailand—The government and the four-member Northern Alliance (NA) of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) will meet for peace talks in Keng Tung, eastern Shan State on Saturday, Aug. 31, the last day of the Myanmar military’s truce in the region, according to sources close to negotiators. The talks between the government’s Peace Commission (PC) and representatives of the four-member NA—the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the Ta’ang Nationalities Liberation Army (TNLA), the Arakan Army (AA) and Kokang’s Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)—had been postponed due to a dispute over the location of the meeting. The last discussion between the PC and NA was held on June 30 in Mong La Special Region 4, controlled by the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) in eastern Shan State. Lamai Gum Ja, a peace broker from the Kachin-based Peace-talk Creation Group (PCG), told The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, “The date has been confirmed as Aug. 31 and the venue is in Keng Tung. We do not know what will be on the agenda, but as they have been discussing the bilateral agreements, I think they are on the agenda.” On Thursday, the KIA’s peace negotiation team, led by its general secretary, U La Nan, left KIA headquarters in Laiza for Mong La, according to General Sumlut Gun Maw, the vice chairman the Kachin Independence Organization, the political wing of the KIA. The KIA delegation will stay in Mong La and travel to Keng Tung on a day trip to attend the talks on Aug. 31, he told The Irrawaddy..."