Thousands of civilians have been killed and injured as the junta battles a clutch of new and established rebel groups opposed to military rule.
The Southeast Asian pariah nation has been ravaged by deadly violence since a coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's government more than two years ago, unleashing a bloody crackdown on dissent.
On Thursday, he told a meeting of senior officials that"events of terrorism declined but continued to occur" in Myanmar, in reference to ongoing attacks by anti-coup resistance forces. More than 782 people had been killed in hundreds of"terror acts" since the start of the year, he added, without giving further details.
The junta had promised fresh elections in August of this year but in February it again extended the emergency ordinance, a day after its National Defence and Security Council said the situation in the country had"not returned to normalcy yet".
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