Myanmar President U Thein Sein on April 14 called for efforts to put an
end to disagreements, conflicts, and instability in the country and
achieve peace, prosperity, happiness, and stability in the new year.
He
made the call when delivering a radio and television speech on the
occasion of Myanmar’s traditional water festival, Thingyan, to welcome
the new year.
Thein Sein noted that as a country with multi
races, religions, and ideologies coexist harmoniously, Myanmar is
building a more transparent society, while working hard to deal with
difficulties, crisis, and challenges.
He called on people to keep
vigilant against internal and external negative and terrorist elements
who are attempting to incite fresh conflicts racially and religiously
based on the past year’s events.
Myanmar’s four-day water
festival, started on April 13, will see local people throw water at each
other to symbolise the washing away of the previous year’s bad deeds.-VNA