10,000 Oil Lamps Offering: 10th Anniversary of Belt and Road International Day

In commemoration of the 10thAnniversary of the Belt and Road International Day, 10,000 oil lamps were offered to the Shwedagon Pagoda on December 15 in Yangon.

Deputy Information Minister U Ye Tint attended this event which was also dedicated to peace in Myanmar. Regarding the event, Mr. Chen Entian, the Head of the “Belt and Road” International Day Office, stressed that Myanmar is an important country along the Belt and Road, and Yangon is an important route of the Maritime Silk Road, and also the event has a positive meaning to strengthen the cooperation of civil organizations in the Belt and Road Initiative, to promote people-to-people relations and to continue the existing "Paukphaw" (fraternal) friendship.

It’s learnt that in honor of the International Day of Peace, similar events are held every year in the Belt and Road Initiative countries, and the upcoming event is the 1sttime in Myanmar.