It is necessary to work in coordination with the Tatmadaw (Navy) and maritime police force to protect fishermen and seafarers in Myanmar’s waters; conduct maritime search and rescue and provide humanitarian assistance; prevent and combat illegal smuggling and smuggled goods; prevent piracy; combat human trafficking, drug trafficking and arms and ammunition smuggling; and carry out Choke Point Control to safeguard the country’s strategic maritime control points, as well as perform diplomatic duties. Officers and other ranks of the Myanmar Coast Guard are being sent to domestic and overseas training courses to equip them with the practical skills and expertise required to effectively perform their duties in these areas. Therefore, MCG members must strive to develop the high level of capabilities expected of Coast Guard personnel, proficiency in internationally used languages, and expertise in maritime law. The State is also providing the Myanmar Coast Guard with offshore patrol vessels, fast patrol boats and small boats.

In order to effectively protect and safeguard Myanmar’s maritime interests, the State enacted the Myanmar Coast Guard Law on 17 July 2025 to enable the Coast Guard Force to firmly perform its duties in accordance with the law. Force members must, in accordance with the Myanmar Coast Guard Law, steadfastly and conscientiously protect and safeguard Myanmar’s maritime interests, blue economy activities, and marine ecosystems and resources.

Only by carrying out these measures can the force fulfil its operational responsibility of ensuring “Good Order at Sea”. Furthermore, it will be able to implement the international maritime laws, conventions and related protocols to which the State is a signatory, which are important for the exercise of the jurisdiction of coastal States, and thereby fully discharge its responsibility of ensuring “Good Governance at Sea”, namely, the rule of good and just law at sea.

Members of the guard are urged to seriously implement the objectives of the Myanmar Coast Guard and fully discharge their duties to protect and safeguard the maritime interests and marine resources of the State in building a Union based on democracy and a federal system. The General urged them to fully carry out the responsibilities assigned to them in the development, conservation and protection of the maritime infrastructure and blue economy initiatives being implemented by the State.

In discharging the duties of the Myanmar Coast Guard, members are urged to place strong emphasis on safeguarding the sovereignty of the State, upholding the rule of law, and maintaining its jurisdiction, while striving to enhance their capabilities and modernize and develop the force so that it can keep pace with international coast guard forces. They are also urged to strive to build Myanmar’s maritime domain into a safe and secure sea, a stable and peaceful sea, a clean sea, and a more productive sea, with the capability to prevent and counter any unconventional threats that may arise at any time and in any place along the country’s long coastline and extensive maritime boundaries.

The General and attendees watched a documentary video clip on the commemoration of the MCG and posed for documentary photos, and the General cordially greeted the attendees.

The General viewed the booths, shops and the rescue vessel displayed to mark the commemorative ceremony.