{"id":22215,"date":"2022-01-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/?guid=257bd6258c8cfa4a7c06401d7b662e95"},"modified":"2022-01-09T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T00:00:00","slug":"myanmar-to-further-extend-ceasefire-period-until-end-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/myanmar-to-further-extend-ceasefire-period-until-end-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar To Further Extend Ceasefire Period Until End Of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u2013 Myanmar\u2019s military, planned to further extend its ceasefire with ethnic armed groups until the end of 2022, according to a joint statement, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs late Friday.<\/P>
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administration Council and commander-in-chief of Defence Services, announced the move during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, in Nay Pyi Taw on Friday.<\/P>
Last year, the military announced the extension of a five-month suspension of military operations from Oct 1, 2021 to Feb. 28 this year, in order to enable effective efforts to combat COVID-19 nationwide and boost the peace process in the country.<\/P>
So far, 10 ethnic armed groups have signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement with the government, since it was initiated in Oct, 2015.<\/P>
Hun Sen, whose country this year holds the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, discussed with Min Aung Hlaing a number of bilateral and regional issues of common interest and concerns, during a two-day visit to Myanmar, Cambodia\u2019s Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn, said.<\/P>
Myanmar declared a state of emergency after President U Win Myint and State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, along with other officials from the National League for Democracy, were detained by the military on Feb 1, 2021.<\/P>
The state power was transferred to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, after the declaration of the state of emergency<\/P>
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Source: NAM News Network<\/P>
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\u2013 Myanmar\u2019s military, planned to further extend its ceasefire with ethnic armed groups until the end of 2022, according to a joint statement, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs late Friday.Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Ad…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n