January 24, 2018
At his meeting
with the top-level officials of some U.S. based media at the Ministry of
Information yesterday morning, the Deputy Minister for Information U Aung Hla
Tun called on the international media to keep supporting Myanmar to ensure its
smooth transition to democracy.
U Aung Hla Tun
received Ms. Libby Liu, President of Radio Free Asia; Mr. Matthew Schuck, White
House Liaison and Special Communication Advisor to the Broadcasting Board of
Governors (BBG); Ms. Oanh Tran, Managing Director of the BBG and U Than Lwin
Tun, Head of Washington-based Voice of America (Myanmar) and U Win Naing, chief
of RFA Yangon Bureau at the Ministry yesterday morning.
He expressed
sincere thanks to the international media for the important role they had
played in the nation’s struggles for the emergence of democracy and human
rights.
“We couldn’t
have reached present position without the support of the international media.
Now, we’re already on the right track to democracy. Our top priority at present
is to make sure that we keep moving towards the right direction.”
He said that
Myanmar’s transition to democracy was full of challenges.
“We shouldn’t
let anything disrupt our smooth transition to democracy so I’d like to request
all the international media through you to understand our position and refrain
from sensationalizing and setting agendas in carrying out Myanmar narrative,”
he added.
He then
explained the plans for further reforms of the media to be in harmony with
democratic transition and on-going plans to send media teams to Rakhine State.
The two sides also discussed the possibility of promoting bilateral cooperation
in producing programmes and training staff from the State-owned Myanmar Radio
and Television.
Responsible
heads of departments were present at the meeting.
Ref; The Global
New Light of Myanmar
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