SWRR Union Minister receives Rakhine Advisory Board Chair

Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (SWRR) Dr. Win Myat Aye, Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine (UEHRD) Chief Coordinator Dr. Aung Tun Thet, and UEHRD Communications Director U Kyaw Myaing held a meeting with Prof. Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Committee for Implementation of Recommendations on Rakhine State, and his delegation at the meeting hall of the SWRR Ministry yesterday.

They openly discussed the ongoing development in Rakhine State, completed and ongoing implementation of recommendations regarding Rakhine State, implementation of Prof. Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai’s Advisory Board recommendations, ongoing operations relating to the MoU signed between the Myanmar government, UNHCR and UNDP on the repatriation of returnees from Bangladesh, and long-term collaboration for development in Rakhine State.

In the evening, Rakhine State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu met with Prof. Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai and his delegation at Nay Pyi Taw’s Thingaha Hotel.

They discussed the progress of implementation of peace, stability and development in Rakhine State, the repatriation process of returnees, the mutual co-existence of the two societies in Rakhine State, long-term development plans, closing down of IDP camps and issuing of NVCs (National Verification Cards).—MNA

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar