Senior General Than Shwe inspects booths at Armed Forces Day Exhibition

YANGON, 25 March - Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe inspected the booths at the 59th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Exhibition and gave guidance this evening.

Accompanied by Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, Prime Minister of the State Chief of Military Intelligence General Khin Nyunt, and member of the State Peace and Development Council General Thura Shwe Mann of the Ministry of Defence, Senior General Than Shwe arrived at the Defence Services Museum on Shwedagon Pagoda Road, where the 59th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Exhibition will be held, at 4.55 pm today.

Senior General Than Shwe and party were welcomed there by State Peace and Development Council Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win, Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Thein Sein, member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of the Ministry of Defence, member of the State Peace and Development Council Chairman of the Leading Committee for Observance of the 59th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Chief of Armed Forces Training Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of the Ministry of Defence, member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Tin Aye of the Ministry of Defence, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Rear-Admiral Soe Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Chairman of the Management Committee for Observance of the 59th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe, ministers, the Yangon mayor, senior military officers from the Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air), and deputy ministers.

At the museum, Senior General Than Shwe inspected the entrance hall of the museum, the 'twelve objectives of the State' booth, the booths of the Tatmadaw (Navy), the Tatmadaw (Air) and directorates of the Ministry of Defence.

After inspecting the booths for nearly an hour, Senior General Than Shwe left the museum at 5.45 pm.