Efforts to restore perpetual peace by handing over peaceful, modern and developed Union to new generations

Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received a peace delegation led by Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Alliance Army-NDAA (Mongla) U San Pae at the parlour of Bayintnaung Villa in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning to talk about peace issues.
The meeting was also attended by SAC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win, Council members General Mya Tun Oo, Lt-Gen Moe Myint Tun and Lt-Gen Yar Pyae. The Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Alliance Army-NDAA (Mongla) was accompanied by General Secretary of the Peace and Solidarity Committee U Kyi Myint, Secretary-2 U Ah Lu and Head of Communications Division U Sai Mauk.
At the meeting, the Senior General explained the situation to promote development tasks of the Union only when armed conflicts can be solved peacefully, needs to continuously develop education, health and economic sectors without stopping while peace talks are in progress, and efforts to restore perpetual peace for handing over the peaceful, modern and developed Union to the new generations, exercising the multiparty democracy in conformity with the people’s desires, and building the Union based on democracy and federalism.
The Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Alliance Army-NDAA (Mongla) and party expressed their warm welcome to the offer of the Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services with generosity to implement the internal peace and development through political talks, the pledge of the NDAA (Mongla) not to secede from the State and firmly abide by non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty, and similar attitudes for exercising multiparty democracy and building the Union based on democracy and federalism. They also reported on economic, health, education and regional development measures of the local ethnic people. They then frankly discussed peace issues, education, health and regional development matters based on both sides’ views.
After the talks, the Senior General presented gifts to the Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Alliance Army-NDAA (Mongla) and party who returned domestic gifts. Then, they posed for documentary photos.
The Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Alliance Army-NDAA (Mongla) and party will hold further peace talks with the Peace Talks Team and the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee formed with members of SAC by the State Administration Council. — MNA