March
30, 2017
A
workshop on Media Relations during Crisis and Conflicts took place at the
Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday with an address by National Security
Advisor U Thaung Tun.
In his
address, National Security Advisor U Thaung Tun said that crisis and issues in
Rakhine State are high on the agenda, and but the situation in Rakhine has
improved considerably. As the border guard forces were violently attacked the
security forces had to react in accordance with the law.
There
is no human rights abuse and action will be taken against those who committed
misdeeds. What we are doing at the moment is ensure peace and stability in the
region and the next step is to develop infrastructure. At such a time, the
workshop held today will contribute much to tackling crisis in the country.
Next,
Maj-Gen James Hartsell, Director of Daniel K. Inouye Asian-Pacific Centre for
Security Studies-DKI APCSS, USA said that he would like to recognize the
historic success that Myanmar has achieved to date with its peaceful and
relatively stable and sustainable political transition to a democratic form of
government, adding that you are to be especially commended for your free, fair,
peaceful, and orderly elections that took place in November 2015 which by the
will of the people transitioned what had been the opposition party at that time
into the leadership role of the current government as well as for your
continued and sustained dialogues on the national peace and reconciliation
processes between the government and armed ethnic groups.
He
continued that he recognized that there remains a long road ahead for the
people and the government and much work still needs to be done due to complex
challenges your nation faces in political, social, economic and national
security areas.
He
disclosed that some of the greatest challenges still faced are that some of the
ethnic groups are armed and have refused to sign the ceasefire agreement and
they have continued to actively resist the peace and reconciliation process
that the majority have agreed to.
There
is the challenge of the simmering communal tension in Rakhine State, and all of
this has created a perception of insecurity and instability in Myanmar which
has caused some key foreign investors to hold off on coming.
He went
on to say that Myanmar is experiencing the same phenomenon that other nations
have experienced, which is the implementation of press freedom and free speech,
come additional layers of complexity in governing.
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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