Work Coordination Committee: committee meeting 1/2023 held in Nay Pyi Taw

The Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, in his capacity as Chairman of the Rakhine State Stability, Peace and Development Work Coordination Committee delivered a speech at the committee meeting 1/2023 held at the Ministry of Border Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw on 14th September.

At the meeting, Union Minister Chairman of Work Coordination Committee said that the chairman of work coordination committee led international diplomats including those from the Chinese Embassy on their visits to Rakhine State two times to observe preparations for the pilot project of repatriation of displaced persons under the bilateral agreement between Myanmar and Bangladesh,currently, Myanmar is ready to start reception and resettlement of displaced persons at any time, development undertakings in the state have achieved success to some extent.

Vice-Chair 1 Union Minister at the Union Government Office 2 U Ko Ko Hlaing and Vice-Chair 2 Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Soe Win discussed the progress of Rakhine State in all aspects, verifying reception of displaced persons, explaining progress in resettlement measures to the diplomats, humanitarian aid for displaced persons, functions of reception centres and preparations to accept displaced persons. The meeting also focused on the verification of population, international cooperation, preparations to accept those persons, socio-economic development and security measures.