Pyongyang, August 23 (KCNA) -- Myanmar President Thein Sein, addressing a meeting on August 17, called upon all the people to unite for the development of the country.

If all the people pool their strength with the common stand and make positive efforts by making the fullest use of all the possible favorable conditions, they can develop Myanmar into a peaceful and modern state, he stressed.

The government will make positive efforts for the peace, stability and economic development of the country with such conviction, he stressed.