STATE Administration Coun­cil Chairman Prime Minis­ter Chairman of the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Central Committee Command­er-in-Chief of Defence Servic­es Senior General Min Aung Hlaing sent his video message to the seventh anniversary of Signing the Nationwide Cease­fire Agreement (NCA) celebrat­ed at the National Reconcilia­tion and Peacemaking Centre in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

The ceremony was at­tended by SAC member, Un­ion Minister of the Ministry of Union Government Office, National Solidarity and Peace­making Negotiation Commit­tee Chairman Lt-Gen Yar Pyae and committee members Union Ministers, Deputy Ministers, special guests from the cabi­net, Hluttaw, Tatmadaw, ethnic armed organizations-EAOs and political parties who partici­pate in peace processes and NCA procedures, chairpersons, vice-chairpersons, secretaries, central executive members and central committee members of NCA signatories: ALP, DKBA, KNU/KNLA-PC, LDU, NMSP, PNLO, and RCSS.

After presenting the video message sent by SAC Chair­man Prime Minister Chairman of the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Central Commit­tee Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Com­mittee Chairman Lt-Gen Yar Pyae spoke on the anniversary occasion.

Then, the MC briefed the NCA processes and anniver­sary occasions.

Afterwards, those who par­ticipated in peace processes and NCA procedures, witness­es of NCA signing occasions – Vice-Chairman of UPWC and Union Minister (retired) U Aung Min, UPWC Vice-Chair­man and MP of first Pyithu Hluttaw U Thein Zaw, Union Attorney-General (retired) U Tun Tun Oo, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw Oo (retired) and Work Group leader of political parties and SNDP Chairman U Sai Aik Pao also addressed.

Moreover, the leaders of ethnic armed organiza­tions-EAOs who participated in peace processes and NCA pro­cedures, those who participat­ed in NCA signing ceremonies – Khine Soe Naing Aung (ALP), Phyar Than Khum Okkar (PNLO), Padoh Shwe Maung (KNU), representatives of NCA signatories- ALP Vice-Chair­person Saw Mra Razar Lin, DKBA’s Saw Kyaw Than Htay, KNU/KNLA-PC Vice-Chair Dr Naw Ka Paw Htoo, LDU Chair­man Kyar Saw Lamon, NMSP Vice-Chair Nai Aung Min, PNLO Vice-Chair Khun Hun Tin and RCSS Central Exec­utive Committee member Sao Saung Han made remarks.

Similarly, National Solidar­ity and Peacemaking Negotia­tion Committee members Un­ion Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, Union Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conserva­tion U Khin Maung Yi, Union Minister for Immigration and Population U Myint Kyaing, for­mer MPC Senior Advisor U Hla Maung Shwe, JMC-U members U Pyae Sone, U Maung Maung Nyein and Sai Myo Thant made speeches.

Then, the persons and lead­ers of EAOs who cooperated in peace processes and NCA pro­cedures were presented with gifts and the event was con­cluded. Officials hosted lunch after taking commemorative photos.

MNA