Signing Ceremony: Agreement of Cooperation on Projects of MLC signed

The signing ceremony of the Agreement of Cooperation on Projects of the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund (2025) was held on the morning of 5th August 2025 at the PARKROYAL Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw.

Union Ministers led by the Union Minister for Transport and Communications U Mya Tun Oo, Deputy Ministers, and senior officials from concerned ministries were present at the ceremony. At the ceremony, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe delivered the opening remarks in which he commended that the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation is the one of the most successful mechanisms among other Mekong related mechanisms and provided 984 projects across the member countries in 9-year journey, directly benefitting the people of the Mekong River Basin.

He expressed his appreciation to the People’s Republic of China for their generosity through Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund. He appreciated the People’s Republic of China for providing 38.3 Million USD to Myanmar under the MLC mechanism since 2017 and today’s ceremony has formalized the transfer of approximately 3.3 million USD from China to Myanmar.

He also appreciated China for its 1.1 billion Yuan of Emergency Assistance for the Mandalay’s earthquake effected areas and recovery plan.  Ms. Ma Jia, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Myanmar, also delivered the remarks. In her remarks, the Ambassador noted that the MLC demonstrates the common goal of all member countries to remain good neighbors and reliable partners.

She mentioned that Myanmar has received 132 projects through the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund since 2018, the highest among Mekong countries. She added that the 14 new projects signed today will continue to help development in multiple fields of Myanmar. In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and Myanmar, she expressed China’s commitment to working closely with Myanmar in implementing Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative, with a view to fostering a China-Myanmar community with a shared future for mutual benefit.  

Afterwards, the Agreement on the Transfer of Funds for MLC Special Fund (2025) Projects for Myanmar was signed and exchanged by U Ko Ko Kyaw, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Ms. Ma Jia, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China.

In accordance with the Agreement the (14) projects will be implemented in Myanmar by (9) Ministries in the fields of agricultural technology, science and technology, cultural exchange, legal cooperation, environmental cooperation, disaster management and commercial navigation.

The Mekong-Lancang Cooperation was initiated by the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the 17th ASEAN-China Summit held in Myanmar in 2014 to foster cooperation to reduce development gap and attain sustainable development in the Mekong region. Mekong-Lancang Cooperation was officially launched in 2016 among six Mekong-Lancang countries comprising Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.