Kayin New Year Message: Senior General Extended Greetings

Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing sent a message on the occasion of Kayin New Year Day which falls on January 2nd.

The Senior General said although all ethnic national people residing in Myanmar together have diverse customs and traditions, they all foster the family spirit and pay respect to each other. No matter how diverse their native, literature, language, religion, customs and traditions are, they all live in the same place in unison through thick and thin by sharing their future.

He stressed that Kayin ethnic nationals residing in Myanmar and all Kayin ethnic brethren from all parts of the nation have to preserve the traditions and customs in unison and hand them over to new generations. He urged new ethnic national generations of the future to continuously maintain the language, literature, culture, fine arts, customs, historical heritage, honesty, hard work, loyalty and precise acts that the forefathers of Kayin ethnic national had preserved in successive eras.

He pointed out that if all national people from the country always sustain their fine traditions, the Union will be in perpetual existence. He highlighted that the government is making utmost efforts for building a Union based on democracy and federalism in accord with the aspiration of the entire national people.

He urged all ethnic national people to continuously build the nation through their united strength. The Senior General reiterated that the government is striving for enabling all ethnic armed organizations to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement-NCA for restoring the perpetual peace, stressing that officials and stakeholders need to harmoniously implement the plan in unison with the true goodwill and the keen wishes.