Union Minister for Bor­der Affairs Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung received Nippon Foundation President Mr Sasakawa yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw.

 

They frankly and cordial­ly discussed issues related to the development of border areas and the development of human resources, the suc­cess of the multi-regional de­velopment projects in Mon and Kayin states, and the Education for Peace and De­velopment Project in Kayah and Shan states, which were jointly conducted between the Ministry of Border Affairs and the Nippon Foundation, signing a new MoU to boost cooperation in these projects, peace, the leadership training for the development of border regions and ethnic peoples and vocational training pro­jects, the completion of the school construction project in Rakhine State, and future cooperation. — MNA/TS