The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
Statement on Temporary Ceasefire
10th Waning of Tagu 1387 ME
22 April 2025
1. Tatmadaw has issued a statement on a temporary ceasefire from 2 to 22 April 2025, focusing on the restoration of peace and stability to consider the sufferings of the entire people with sympathy due to the powerful Mandalay earthquake which struck on 28 March and expediting rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations with momentum.
2. At present, the government is tirelessly carrying out reconstruction and rehabilitation measures in the earthquake-affected areas while international communities dispatch rescue teams and medical teams to Myanmar with necessary assistance and relief supplies.
3. In conducting reconstruction and rehabilitation operations, utmost efforts must be made to rebuild damaged government offices and departments, public housing and transport facilities and beef up the manufacturing processes based on agriculture and livestock industries. If all national brethren of the Union collaborate, the situation of quake-affected areas will return to normal as rapidly as possible.
4. As such, Tatmadaw further extended the temporary ceasefire period from 23 to 30 April 2025 to ensure peace and stability, aimed at continuously accelerating reconstruction and rehabilitation measures in the quake-affected areas, promptly implementing the interests of the State and all citizens, and initiating the durable and genuine peace.
5. During the period of temporary ceasefire, ethnic armed organizations and other armed groups are not to disturb, attack, destroy public communication routes, cause loss and damage to life and property of the people, attack camps of security forces who are performing security duties and upholding the rule of law, harass or attack military headquarters and engage in such activities as recruitment, military build-up and territorial expansion which can harm peace process. If they do so, Tatmadaw will take necessary actions and respond as part of protecting the people.
Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
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