Myanmar’s military, backing a demand of the Arakan Army (AA) amid a fragile ceasefire, called on Thursday for elections to be held by Feb. 1 parts of Rakhine and Shan states where voting had been cancelled before the Nov. 8 general elections for security reasons, RFA reported.

The elections should be held before newly elected lawmakers are sworn in for the second Union parliament controlled by the National League for Democracy (NLD), and meet for the first time at the beginning of February, the military said in a statement.

The military and the Arakan Army announced a temporary truce nearly two months ago so that make-up voting could be held in areas of Rakhine state where the two sides have engaged in clashes in a two- year-long war. Myanmar forces recently extended their cease-fire to Jan. 31.