YANGON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar government has been seeking assistance from the international community for the resettlement of displaced ethnic people in Rakhine state.
A day after her special speech on the country's national reconciliation and peace efforts in Nay Pyi Taw on Sept. 19, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi held a meeting with the Implementation Committee of Recommendations on Rakhine state, disclosing that the Myanmar authorities are planning to form a committee to implement national verification process, the rehabilitation and resettlement and long-term development programs for ethnic groups in the state.
Aung San Suu Kyi called on the international community to cooperate for constructively tackling the issue of Rakhine state, voicing the government's pledge to implement the recommendations by the Advisory Commission led by former Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
She said those recommendations will help bring speedy improvement to the situation of the state within the shortest time frame.
She highlighted the government's social economic development in Rakhine, disclosing that the Rakhine state's socio-economic development plan 2017-2021 has been drafted to boost regional development in various sectors, including infrastructure and electrification as well as providing new job opportunities for the local people through private-public partnership.
She stressed that all people in Rakhine state will have access to education and healthcare services without discrimination.
She also said the government is trying to promote inter-communal religious harmony by engaging interfaced groups.
Meanwhile, the Myanmar government has begun to resettle refugees displaced at home and abroad due to conflicts in Rakhine state.
The local people in the affected areas by the recent attack on Aug. 25 are being provided with humanitarian aid without any discrimination, government officials said, adding that the authorities are increasing more humanitarian aid to reach all areas in Rakhine state with the help of donors of China, the United States, Britain, Denmark and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Shortly on the day after Aung San Suu Kyi's speech, China provided 200 million kyats (147,058 U.S. dollars) to help restore peace and stability in Rakhine state.
Speaking at the donation ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Hong Liang expressed his belief that this cash assistance will be useful in restoring peace and stability in the state.
Hong Liang said China will continue to assist the Myanmar government in carrying out the peace process in Rakhine state to strengthen the Pauk-Phaw (fraternal) relationship between the two countries.
Two days after the donation, Chinese embassy in Myanmar, on behalf of the Chinese government, donated again 100 million kyats to the Myanmar Red Cross for rehabilitation of displaced people in Rakhine state.
As stability began to restore since early this month, the Implementation Committee of Rakhine Advisory Commission is actively addressing economic and social issues in the state.
The committee was established to implement the recommendations of the final report of the Advisory Commission and Rakhine Investigation Commission, led by Vice-President U Myint Swe. (1 U.S. dollar = 1,363 Myanmar kyat)
