Captain Amadou Sanogo, head of the junta, which calls itself the National Committee for the Recovery of Democracy and the Restoration of the State (CNRDRE), made the appeal on state television Monday evening.
"We call on them already to cease hostilities and to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible," said the statement.
"Everything is negotiable except national territorial integrity and the unity of our country," he added.
Junta leader Sanogo had already invited the fighters to hold peace talks in a statement over the weekend.
It was anger among rank-and-file troops at the government`s handling of the conflict that led to the coup. The junta has claimed its coup was sparked by the regime`s perceived weakness in the face of the Tuareg rebellion.
Their last uprising was resolved in 2009, however many Tuareg guerrillas had gone to fight for Libya`s slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi and returned to the region heavily-armed and battle-hardened after his demise last year.
Their lightning strikes on several northern towns have overwhelmed a relatively weak, ill-equipped army.
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Editor: Ella Syafputri
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