Myanmar Delegation led by Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Dr Kan Zaw attended the ASEAN and Dialogue Partners Economic Ministers’ Meetings in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
- On 19 September, Union Minister attended the 20th AEM-EU Trade Commissioner Consultation, the 13th AEM-Russia Consultation, the AEM Troika Open-Ended Dialogue with Switzerland’s Trade Minister, the Fourth AEM- UK Consultation.
- On 20 September, Union Minister joined the 8th AEM- Hong Kong (China) Consultation, the AEM - United States Trade Representative (USTR) Consultation, the 13th AEM- Canada Consultation and the 21st AEM-India Consultation.
- On 21 September, Union Minister participated the meeting with ASEAN and Australia, New Zealand Economic Ministers at the 29th AEM-CER Consultation, the 30th ASEAN-METI (Japan) Consultation, the 12th East Asia Summit (EAS) Economic Ministers’ Meeting.
- On 22 September, Union Minister participated in the 23rd AEM-MOFCOM (China) Consultation, the 21st AEM-ROK (Republic of Korea) Consultation, 27th AEM-Plus Three (China, Korea, Japan) Consultation, and the 3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministers’ Meeting.
- Union Minister met with H.E. Mr. Vladimir Ilichev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation on 19th September and with H.E. Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister for Commerce and Industry on 21st September, and discussed promoting bilateral economic relations between Myanmar and Russia as well as Myanmar and India, respectively.
At the meeting, they cordially exchanged views on potential collaboration of ASEAN-Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) economic relations, the implementation of the 2023-2024 ASEAN-US Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement (TIFA) and Expanded Economic Engagement (E3) Work Plan and the mitigating the impact of regional and global economic uncertainty through collaboration among EAS Countries.
The meetings were attended by Economic Ministers of ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong (China), Canada, Russia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, EU Trade Commission Representative, the members of business councils, the Secretary-General of the ASEAN Secretariat and representatives. The Myanmar delegation led Union Minister Dr Kan Zaw arrived back in Myanmar on 23 September 2024.
Source: MWD (24-9-2024)
- Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Dr Kan Zaw attends ASEAN and Dialogue Partners Economic Ministers’ Meetings.
- At the meeting, they cordially exchanged views on mitigating the impact of regional and global economic uncertainty through collaboration among EAS Countries.