NAYPYITAW----Chairman of State Administration Council (SAC) Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing met with a peace delegation led by Chairman of Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) General Yawd Serk at Bayintnaung villa in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning, according to the Office of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.

The SAC chairman explained that the RCSS was the first to come to participate in the peace talks when SAC implemented its peace step in its tenure of taking the State responsibilities. So, good results were achieved in the first talk with positive attitudes efforts for exercising the genuine, disciplined multiparty democratic system and striving for building the Union based on democracy and federalism as a political vision, and plans are underway to continuously implement the peace process based on the Constitution (2008) and the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA).

The RCSS chairman and members also reported their attitudes on the construction of a Union based on democracy and federalism, peace process, regional development, exercising of federalism, solving political problems through politics, enhancement of living standard of the people, ceasing of armed conflicts and terrorism, and future plans.

The Senior General discussed the important role of the geographical condition of the State, exercising foreign policies that comply with Myanmar need for Myanmar to implement federalism compatible with geographical conditions, national characters and culture of the nation although many countries exercise democracy and federalism across the world, and necessities to turn out well-educated human resources in realizing the genuine disciplined democratic system without fail. Only when the number of educated persons is on the rise can nation-building tasks be accelerated for the promotion of the education sector. So, the Senior General explained the current undertakings of development tasks in ethnic areas. They then frankly exchanged views on peace issues and regional development measures.

On the occasion were SAC vice-chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice Senior General Soe Win, SAC members General Mya Tun Oo, Lt-Gen Moe Myint Tun and Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, RCSS’s secretary-1 Sao Sai Ngin and Central Executive Committee member Sao Saung Han.

The RCSS’s peace delegation will hold peace talks with the Peace Talks Team and the National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee formed with Council members by the SAC.