Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe participated in the 9th Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which was held on 16 August 2024 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
During the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs also updated Myanmar’s cooperation efforts in the MLC to the Heads of Delegation of MLC member countries. In his discussion, he highlighted further enhancing cooperation in agriculture sector development and food security in the region to strengthen multi-model connectivity and deepen cooperation in the areas of law enforcement and combatting transnational crimes, illicit drug trafficking and arms smuggling, online fraud and online gambling. He also stressed the importance of addressing the problem of air pollution, environmental conservation and water resource management.
Permanent Secretary Mrs Eksiri Pintaruchi of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand hosted a welcome dinner on the evening of 15 August 2024 at the Intercontinental Chiang Mai Hotel in honour of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and delegations of MLC member countries to the 9th Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
The Mekong–Lancang Cooperation (MLC) is the regional cooperation mechanism established in 2016, and it comprises six member countries, namely Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The main aim of the MLC is to promote socioeconomic development in the Mekong-Lancang region and to reduce development gaps among MLC member countries. Myanmar has been granted a total of 118 regional development projects through the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund (MLC-SF) from 2017 to 2024, it is reported.
Source: GNLM (17-8-2024)
- During the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs highlighted to strengthen multi-model connectivity and deepen cooperation in the areas of law enforcement and combatting transnational crimes, illicit drug trafficking and arms smuggling, online fraud and online gambling. He also stressed the importance of addressing the problem of air pollution, environmental conservation and water resource management.
- The Mekong–Lancang Cooperation (MLC) is the regional cooperation mechanism established in 2016. Myanmar has been granted a total of 118 regional development projects through the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund (MLC-SF) from 2017 to 2024.