Myanmar junta agrees to ASEAN call for ceasefire to distribute aid -Kyodo

FILE PHOTO: Brunei's second foreign affairs minister and ASEAN's special envoy to Myanmar Erywan Yusof speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei September 4, 2021. REUTERS/Ain Bandial

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - Myanmar's military rulers have agreed to an ASEAN call for a ceasefire until the end of the year to ensure distribution of humanitarian aid, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, citing the envoy of the southeast Asian bloc to the crisis-torn nation.

Following a coup in February, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been trying to end violence in which hundreds have been killed in Myanmar, and open a dialogue between the military rulers and their opponents.