The meeting was held at the meeting hall of Ministry of Information in Nay Pyi Taw on Friday. During the talks, the BNI representatives discussed issues relating to the difficulties of ethnic media and highlighted their incompetence and asked for ministry’s prompt assistance to sustain various ethnic media outlets, informed Nan Paw Gay, the executive director of BNI, who joined in  the meeting.

The Union Minister assured all possible assistances for the regional ethnic media groups citing the reason that those are comparatively weaker than the mainstream media houses.

“I had a very fruitful discussion with the BNI officials. However we need more such discussions for a final resolution. So we decided to continue our engagements,” said the Union Minister for Information.

Altogether 10 editors from different ethnic media groups attended the meeting and asked the Union Minister for due supports. They explained that besides the BNI members, other ethnic media groups also deserve supports from the Information Ministry.

The BNI executive director Nan Paw Gay, who is also the chief editor of Karen Information Center, pointed out that the BNI was expecting help and cooperation from the Union Information Ministry on the fields of training, workshop and technical enhancements for the benefit of ethnic media outlets.

Also present at the meeting were the Information Ministry’s permanent secretary U Tint Swe along with five other senior officers, the BNI board members namely Nai Kasauh Mon,  Khaing Mrat Kyaw and some other editors from different ethnic media houses.