Rohingya militants declare one-month ceasefire
Temporary cessation of offensive military operations is to allow for humanitarian aid to reach battered region, says Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
Yangon
ROHINGYA militants, whose Aug 25 raids in Myanmar's Rakhine State sparked an army crackdown that has seen nearly 300,000 of the Muslim minority flee to Bangladesh, on Sunday declared an immediate unilateral one-month ceasefire.
"The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) hereby declares a temporary cessation of offensive military operations," it said in a statement on its Twitter handle @ARSA-Official, adding it was to allow for humanitarian aid to reach the battered region.
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