The Myanmar delegation led by U Lwin Oo, Alternate Eminent Person (EP) of Myanmar and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, attended the 13th Meeting of High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision (HLTF-ACV), which was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on 27-29 February 2024.
At the meeting, the deputy minister highlighted the importance of continuous engagement with stakeholders, especially youth, women’s organizations, the business community and academia, to learn about their aspirations and suggestions for a better future for ASEAN.
During the meeting, views were exchanged on the suggestion submitted by the High-Level Representative drafting session of the 13th HLTFACV. It guided HLR to conduct a drafting session online to complete the first reading of the draft APSC Strategic Plan prior to the 14th Meeting of the High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision in order to expedite the drafting process.
At the sideline of the meeting, the deputy minister had separate meetings with Mr Alounkeo Kittikhoun, Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar and Mr Phoxay Khaykhamphithoune, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR, on 28 February 2024 and discussed Myanmar’s cooperation with ASEAN and bilateral cooperation between Myanmar and Lao PDR on areas of mutual interest.
The meeting was co-chaired by Mr Chatoulong Bouasisavath, Eminent Person (EP) of Lao PDR as the ASEAN Chair and Mr Dato’ Zainuddin Yahya, Eminent Person (EP) of Malaysia and Former Malaysian Ambassador, as the permanent shepherd Member State. It was also attended by Eminent Persons, High-Level Representatives and officials from the ASEAN Member States, Timor-Leste as an Observer, as well as the Deputy Secretary-General and officials from the ASEAN Secretariat, it is reported.
Source: Global New Light of Myanmar (2-3-2024)
- The Myanmar delegation led by U Lwin Oo, attended the 13th Meeting of High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision (HLTF-ACV), which was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR and highlighted the importance of continuous engagement with stakeholders, especially youth, women’s organizations, the business community and academia, to learn about their aspirations and suggestions for a better future for ASEAN.
- The deputy minister had separate meetings with Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR and discussed Myanmar’s cooperation with ASEAN and bilateral cooperation between Myanmar and Lao PDR on areas of mutual interest.