Message Of Greetings: SG Sends Message On 74th Anniversary Of Shan State Day

State Administration Council Chairman, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing sends message of greetings on 74th Anniversary of Shan State Day which falls on 7th February.

In his message, the Commander-in-Chief said that he conveys the message of greetings for all the national brethren and citizens in Shan State to be well-being and peaceful with auspiciousness.

All the ethnic nationalities in Myanmar have been living in this motherland since ancient times as brothers and sisters through thick and thin. In spite of this, the British colonial rule disunited solidarity gradually and the British invaded Myanmar in the late 19th February.

They forcibly took Myanmar with the invasive wars for the precious woods, indigenous medicinal plants, agricultural lands and the natural resources of the country. The Senior General pointed out that in resisting the invasion of the British by the ethnic nationalities across the country, Shan ethnic nationalities also joined hands with other nationalities and fought back together.

Shan State is the biggest state in Myanmar as well as full of peace and beautiful sceneries, it is attracting tourists. Although different ethnic nationalities are living in Shan State, all of them are Union-born brothers and sisters. It is necessary for us to be united based on mutual trust and carry out the development of the nation.

Only with the efforts to make the existing state peaceful and stable, a more developed community can be built. The Senior General continued to say that as for the Tatmadaw, they are doing the best of their ability for all-round development of Shan State in the health, education, social and economic sectors, religion, stability and peace and the state free from drugs. Led by General Aung San, far-sighted leaders of the ethnic nationalities signed the Panglong Agreement with the genuine Union spirit and vision.

New generation of Shan nationals should value the independence by holding the Union Spirit without seeking own interest, and look up to the genuine patriotism of the late Shan leaders. In the conclusion of the Message of Greetings for the 74th Anniversary of the Shan State Day, the Senior General stressed that it is the duty to build the genuine and disciplined democratic nation with understanding and trust as well as the practical views on the events that have been experienced since the historical past.