NAY PYI TAW March 21
Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received Special Envoy of the alternate ASEAN Chair on Myanmar Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation H.E. Mr. Prak Sokhonn and ASEAN Secretary-General H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi at the Credentials Hall of the SAC Chairman’s Office in Nay Pyi Taw at 10.30 am today.
Both sides cordially discussed Myanmar’s pursuance of the path to multi-party democracy and the SAC’s assumption of State duties in accord with the constitution (2008) approved after national referendum following vote rigging in the 2020 multi-party democracy general election, the occurrence of riots, violence, unreasonable killings, destruction to State-owned buildings and schools and bomb attacks through protests that emerged due to different political ideologies, the SAC’s measures for the protection and security of the lives and property of the people, the implementation of the fivepoint ASEAN consensus, measures to ensure that the people of Myanmar access humanitarian assistance, matters related to the strengthening of Cooperation with ASEAN, and achieving of progress in meetings and discussions as the current visit is the first and foremost.
Also present at the meeting together with the Senior General were SAC Joint Secretary Lt-Gen Ye Win Oo, Union Ministers U Wunna Maung Lwin and U Ko Ko Hlaing, deputy ministers and officials. The Special Envoy was accompanied by Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation H.E. Kitti Setta Pandita Cham Prasidh, ASEAN Secretary-General H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, deputy ministers, Cambodian Ambassador to Myanmar H.E. Mr. Chhouk Bunna and officials.