Secretary of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Agga Maha Pandita Agga Maha Sad­dhamma Jotikadhaja Thanlyin Minkyaung Monastery abbot Dr Bhaddanta Candima Bhivamsa and four SSMNC members held talks with Agga Maha Saddham­ma Jotika Most Ven Bounma Sim­maphom, President of the Bud­dhist Fellowship Organization of the Lao PDR, and party, who are currently in Yangon to attend the consecration of Maravijaya Buddha Image in Dekkhinathiri Township, at the Presiding Pa­tron Hall on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Mayangon Township of Yangon yesterday afternoon.

In his welcoming speech, Thanlyin Minkyaung Sayadaw highlighted ongoing cooperation between Laos and Myanmar in Theravada Buddhism education and welcomed qualified monks and laypersons to learn Pariyat­ti literature at the International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University. The President of the Buddhist Fellowship Organiza­tion of Laos expressed thanks to the Myanmar government for al­lowing Lao members of the Sang­ha to learn Pariyatti literature at the ITBMU and for conferring re­ligious titles on Lao members of the Sangha with the best wishes for long term existence of Thera­vada Buddhism culture between the two countries.

Most Ven Bounma Simma­phom and party offered alms to member Sayadaws of SSMNC led by Thanlyin Minkyaung Sayadaw. — MNA/TTA