YANGON, Myanmar—Ethnic Kachin rebels in northern Myanmar say the government is keeping up air and ground attacks against them despite international calls for restraint.

La Nan, a spokesman for the Kachin Independence Army, says government troops attacked guerrilla hilltop outposts Monday morning and used fighter planes and helicopters in aerial attacks in the afternoon.

No comment was immediately available from the government.



The Kachin stage attacks on government convoys trying to get through to the base, saying the supplies include ammunition that could be used to try to take their headquarters.


"Launching attacks against important KIA hill posts and occupying these outposts amounts to launching attacks against Laiza," La Nan said Monday.

The government has said several times it has no intention of trying to seize Laiza.

The U.S. and China are among those parties urging an end to the fighting.

"Our view is that all sides need to cease and desist and get into dialogue with each other," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said last week.