Reception held at Lotte Hotel in Yangon to mark India’s 77th National Day
A reception ceremony to commemorate the 77th National Day of the Republic of India was held at the Lotte Hotel in Yangon yesterday.
The reception was attended by Union Minister for Border Affairs and Ethnic Affairs Lt-Gen Yar Pyae and his wife; Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn and his wife; the Yangon Region Chief Minister and his wife; the Commander of Yangon Command and his wife; the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and his wife; regional ministers; ambassadors; chargés d’affaires; military attachés; and invited guests from foreign embassies in Yangon.
At the outset, Mr Abhay Thakur, Ambassador of India to Myanmar, and embassy officials warmly welcomed Union Minister Lt-Gen Yar Pyae and his wife, along with other invited guests.
The ceremony then opened with the national anthems of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Republic of India.
Speeches were delivered by the Indian Ambassador to Myanmar and Union Minister Lt-Gen Yar Pyae.
Union Minister Lt-Gen Yar Pyae and his wife, together with the Indian Ambassador to Myanmar and his wife, cut a cake to commemorate the 77th National Day of the Republic of India.
The Union Minister and his wife and the Ambassador and his wife then posed for a group photograph with guests attending the reception, after which the Ambassador hosted a dinner for the guests. — MNA/MKKS
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