India, April 22 -- The leader of Myanmar's military-backed Government has invited the country's armed resistance groups to fresh peace talks, State-run newspapers reported on Tuesday, marking the first such call from President Min Aung Hlaing since he took office earlier this month.

 Min Aung Hlaing's call for talks was framed as part of a self-styled 100-day program that he announced at a cabinet meeting in the capital Naypyitaw, prioritising peace and stability as well as development, reported the state newspaper Myanma Alinn. The president took office on April 10 after an election that critics say was neither free nor fair and was designed to maintain the military's grip on power five years after it ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civi...