PHNOM PENH, Jan 9 (Bernama): General Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the ruling State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar, declared a five-month ceasefire when meeting with visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen in Nay Pyi Taw on Jan 7.
Min Aung Hlaing informed Hun Sen that the current Myanmar government had previously declared a five-month ceasefire with all Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) until the end of February 2022 and has now decided to extend it until the end of 2022, according to reports by Vietnam news agency (VNA) citing a joint press statement released by Cambodia’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry.