Tatmadaw delegation led by C-in-C departs for goodwill visit to Lao PDR

 

At the invitation of Lt-Gen Saichay Kommasith, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army, a Tatmadaw goodwill delegation led by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services General Ye Win Oo departed from Nay Pyi Taw International Airport for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic yesterday morning.

The delegation was seen off at the airport by Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Commander-in-Chief (Army) General Kyaw Swa Lin and his wife, Daw Nan Kue Ku, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral Htein Win and his wife, Commander-in-Chief (Air) General Tun Win and his wife, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, the Commander of the Nay Pyi Taw Command, and officials from the Embassy and Military Attaché’s Office of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in Myanmar.

General Ye Win Oo was accompanied by his wife, Daw Nilar, senior Tatmadaw officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, and officials.

Upon arrival at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Myanmar delegation was welcomed by Maj-Gen Vanhthong Boudtavong, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department of the Ministry of National Defence of Lao PDR, and his wife, the Deputy Head of the Foreign Relations Department, the Lao Military Attaché to Myanmar and his wife, Myanmar Ambassador to Lao PDR U Aung Ko and his wife, Myanmar Military Attaché (Army, Navy and Air) Brig-Gen Yar Zar Tun and his wife, and other officials.

During the goodwill visit, the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services is scheduled to hold talks with military leaders of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and visit prominent landmarks across the country, according to news reports.

MNA/TH

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