THE coordination meeting 2/2024 of the Implementation Committee on the Development of Border Regions and National Races was held at the meeting hall of the Ministry of Border Affairs yesterday afternoon.

Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, in his capacity as the Chairman of the Implementation Committee on the Development of Border Regions and National Races, deputy ministers, permanent secretaries and officials from seven working subcommittees were present at the event, and state and regional government’s security and border affairs ministers, and chairpersons from the state and regional working subcommittees participated online.

The Union minister highlighted the accelerated border development activities in line with the guidelines and policies set by the central committee, transport, education, health, agriculture, energy and electricity generation, human resource development, and development of small, micro, and medium-sized industries, improvement of international cooperation, strenuous efforts of working subcommittees and regional working committees and project implementation depending on allocated budgets.

Union Minister Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung also mentioned that in carrying out border development activities, it is necessary to focus on ethnic unity and equitable development among all regions and states without gaps and today’s meeting would verify and approve the activities to be carried out with the allocated funds in the 2025-2026 financial year.

Afterwards, meeting participants explained the activities of the current financial year, the projects to be carried out with the 2025-2026 financial year appropriation of funds, the reasons for the increase in funding, and the strengths and weaknesses encountered in executing the activities in each relevant sector. The Union minister coordinated the necessary measures before concluding the meeting.

MNA/ TS

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