Forging solidarity and Union spirit of ethnic people will be the strength for nation-building endeavours

Solidarity and Union spirit of ethnic people such as Rakhine, Kaman, Khami, Daingnet, Maramagyi, Mro and Thet residing in Rakhine State contribute to peace, stability and development of the state, which becomes the strength for the nation-building endeavours, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing mentioned.
Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Thadoe Maha Thray Sithu Thadoe Thiri Thudhamma Min Aung Hlaing sent a message of felicitation to national brethren residing in Rakhine State in commemoration of the 49th Anniversary of Rakhine State Day which falls on 15 December 2023.
In his message, the Senior General pointed out that as the State Administration Council has adopted the political visions and national visions to be implemented in the present and in the future, all national brethren residing throughout the Union have to build mutual respect, understanding and trust in sharing the future for marching towards the peaceful, prosperous, modern and developed democratic nation the entire people aspire to.
The message highlighted that now is a State of Emergency when the State Administration Council takes responsibility for the State under the Constitution. Since its establishment, the State Administration Council has adopted and implemented the five-point roadmap and nine objectives.
The Senior General recounted that everybody knows Rakhine State had faced difficulties in transport and other sectors for many years. As Tatmadaw government has been emphasizing the development of Rakhine State, all state conditions have been changed with development undertakings, he added.
With regard to the agricultural sector, the Senior General said that the government provided more than 73,000 baskets of quality paddy seeds to eight townships of Rakhine State in the aftermath of cyclonic storm Mocha. As such, local farmers could exceed the cultivation of more than 3,000 acres of monsoon paddy despite suffering the impacts of the storm.
The Senior General stressed the need to emphasize the enhancement of the people’s socioeconomic life and the state’s development by encouraging MSME businesses.
However, he spotlighted that Rakhine State sees the deterioration of peace and stability due to acts of ethnic armed organizations and interference of external elements in internal affairs, and ethnic people are suffering meaningless disturbances and conflicts.
The Senior General underscored that whenever peace and stability cannot be restored, the entire people will miss chances to enjoy socioeconomic development, individual rights and opportunities.
Regarding the development of Rakhine State, he noted that the government showed the family spirit of national brethren, genuine patriotic spirit and the Union spirit to Rakhine State and residents that in the aftermath of cyclonic storm Mocha, rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures for the people in Rakhine State were taken under the leadership of the government, supervision of Tatmadaw and local authorities and contributions of well-wishers at home and abroad to be able to restore the situation of Rakhine State into the ordinary conditions in a short time.
The Senior General unveiled that the government, Tatmadaw and people are joining hands in oneness to accomplish the adopted missions and visions, roadmaps and objectives as the government has adopted national visions: the prosperity of the State and food security, and the national visions: strengthening the genuine, disciplined multiparty democratic system and building a Union based on the democratic system and federalism.
In conclusion, the message clearly pointed out that only when the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement-NCA is implemented to forge peace in the Union will the entire people be able to build a peaceful, prosperous State as they aspire. In restoring peace without foreign interference and conspiracy at home, seeking the solution among national brethren in political means based on the Union spirit will achieve success. — GNLM/TTA