UN Secretary General António Guterres called on all parties in the CAR to join the observance of the ceasefire, announced earlier by President Faustin Arrange Touadera, RIA Novosti reported.

Earlier, Touadera announced the end of military operations and all hostilities throughout the country, starting at midnight on October 15.

The Secretary General calls on all other parties to adhere immediately to this ceasefire.

Guterres also called for the renewal of the 2019 political peace and reconciliation agreement.

The Secretary General encourages all parties to engage constructively in an inclusive political dialogue, the official added.

The situation in the CAR worsened in early December 2013. According to the UN at the end of July 2018, during the conflict, up to 1 million people were forced to leave their homes, about 6 thousand people died.