Meeting With Officials: VC Met Township Level Officials In An of Rakhine State

State Administration Council Vice-Chair Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win meets township administration body members and township-level departmental officials at Shwe Antaung Hall in An of Rakhine State on 15th June 2022.

First, Township Administration Body Chairman U Htay Aung reported on the progress of An Township, and the Vice-Senior General coordinated necessary measures with officials. In his speech, the Vice-Senior General said as An Township was upgraded to the district level on 30 April 2022, it can operate the administrative process directly linking with the state level in a rapid manner with no need to pass Kyaukpyu.

An Township is a focal point leading to Taungup , Kyaukpyu , Sittway and Minbu . Being an important area, local authorities need to cooperate with residents to avoid inappropriate administrative measures with the nationalistic spirit, political and security essence.

He continued that currently, six ethnic armed organizations have held talks about peace issues with the Prime Minister and the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee separately. It was learnt that more organizations will hold talks. The primary need for peace is to restore perpetual peace and not to cause armed conflicts again.

Further coordination will be held with the aim of restoring the perpetual peace in the peace talks and implementing the framework for building the Union based on democracy and federalism for the entire ethnic people aspire.

The Vice-Senior General also expressed his satisfaction with the regular attendance of students at the schools, urging officials to encourage students to try hard to raise the pass rate of the matriculation examination.