Myanmar’s junta has announced a “goodwill” cease-fire with all ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), RFA reported.

In a statement released late on Monday, the junta’s Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces announced a unilateral, five-month cease-fire beginning Oct. 1 and lasting until the end of February 2022.

According to the statement, the cease-fire was made as a “gesture of goodwill” to welcome the 75th anniversary of Myanmar’s Union Day on Feb. 12, when the Panglong Agreement was signed in 1947 and Myanmar became a unified country, and to “promote the prevention and control of the coronavirus pandemic.”

The ceasefire does not include People’s Defence Forces (PDFs).