Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe, had a separate meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr Sergei Aleinik at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus on 15 September. The foreign ministers cordially exchanged views on further promotion of bilateral relations and cooperation and reaffirmed their commitments for closer collaboration between the two countries in multilateral fora on the basis of mutual understanding, trust and equality.
Subsequently, the Myanmar-Belarus bilateral meeting was held co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr Sergei Aleinik. Also in attendance were Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Mr Evgeny Shestakov, Myanmar Ambassador concurrently accredited to Belarus U Lwin Oo, and senior officials of both sides.
At the meeting, both sides cordially exchanged views and discussed a wide range of topics, including strengthening of the existing friendship and expediting the implementation of the ongoing bilateral cooperation between Myanmar and Belarus, enhancing cooperation in economy and trade, defence, agriculture, education, science and technology, culture and people-to-people exchanges amongst others. Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister U Than Swe expressed Myanmar’s profound appreciation to the Republic of Belarus for its principled position, understanding and unwavering support towards Myanmar, in both bilateral and multilateral contexts, especially at the United Nations and also for facilitation of the establishment of the Myanmar Consulate-General in Minsk.
In the evening, he attended the reception celebrating the opening of the Consulate-General of the Republic of the Union Myanmar in Minsk, together with Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Mr. Evgeny Shestakov. The reception was attended by officials from the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, diplomatic corps and Myanmar scholars in Minsk.
On 16 September in Novosibirsk, the Myanmar delegation Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe was shown around the significant places of the city and building intended for the Myanmar Consulate-General in Novosibirsk by the First Deputy Governor of Novosibirsk Region Mr Yuri Petukhov.
The Myanmar delegation arrived back at the Mandalay International Airport by the Myanmar Airways International (MAI) flight on the morning of 17 September 2023.
Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar Newspaper (18-9-2023)
- At the bilateral meeting, both sides cordially exchanged views and discussed strengthening the existing friendship and expediting the implementation of the ongoing bilateral cooperation between Myanmar and Belarus.