Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Chair of the Myanmar Olympic Committee Jeng Phang Naw Taung, accompanied by the Secretary of the Myanmar Youth Affairs Committee, the Director-General of the Department of Youth Affairs, and other officials attended two major international events: the Young Leaders Peace Dialogue and the World Youth Conference for Peace, held in Beijing, People’s Republic of China from 27 to 29 July.
On the morning of 28 July, the Union minister and the delegation attended the Young Leaders Peace Dialogue, hosted at the Auditorium of the National Art Museum of China under the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC).
During the event’s opening session, the Union minister delivered a speech and later joined themed panel discussions, including: Consensus for Peace: Voices of Justice from the Global South Amid Escalating and Prolonged Geopolitical Conflicts, and Responsibility for Peace: A Shared Approach to Misinformation Governance in the Era of AI. More than 180 youth delegates from over 25 countries participated in the dialogue and exchanged perspectives on peacebuilding.
On the morning of 29 July, the Union minister and his delegation met Mr Li Jing, Vice-Minister of the General Administration of Sports of China; the Secretary-General of the International Wushu Federation; and Mrs Zhang Yu Ping, President of the Chinese Wushu Association. Discussions focused on Myanmar athletes’ preparations for the XXXIII Southeast Asian Games, including training support and cooperation in enhancing the standard of Myanmar sports through coaching exchanges.
The delegation also attended the World Youth Conference for Peace, held at the Khao Teck Paut Gymnasium at Peking University, where youth leaders from over 130 countries across Latin America, North America, Africa, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe, totalling nearly 3,000 youth representatives, participated.
On the morning of 30 July, Union Minister Jeng Phang Naw Taung and the delegation returned to Yangon by air from Beijing.
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