Myanmar has brushed off a one-month unilateral ceasefire announced by a Rohingya militant group in Rakhine.
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) announced a truce on Sunday, urging Myanmar's army to lay down weapons as well.
But government spokesman Zaw Htay said Myanmar would not negotiate with "terrorists".
About 294,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Rakhine state last month.
Arsa attacked several police posts on 25 August, killing 12 people. In turn, this prompted a counter-insurgency clampdown from the security forces.
Rohingya residents - a stateless, mostly Muslim minority in Buddhist-majority Myanmar - say the military and Rakhine Buddhists are waging a brutal campaign against them, burning their villages.
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