Working Visit: Myanmar delegation in Belarus

Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U ThanSwe, who paid a working visit to the Republic of Belarus at the invitation of the Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Sergei Aleinik, arrived at the Minsk International Airport in the evening of 14 September.

The Myanmar delegation was welcomed by the Myanmar Consul-General in Minsk and staff and responsible officials from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the morning of 15 September, the Deputy Prime Minister had a separate meeting with the Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs and 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. Both sides cordially exchanged views and discussed on a wide range of topics, including strengthening of the existing friendship and expediting the implementation of the ongoing bilateral cooperation between Myanmar and Belarus, holding of consultations between the two foreign ministries, enhancing cooperation in economy and trade, defence, agriculture, education, science and technology, culture and people-to-people exchanges amongst others.

The Deputy Prime Minister 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. Later, the Myanmar delegation attended the working luncheon hosted by the Belarusian Foreign Minister. In the afternoon, the Myanmar delegation visited the Falco-Agro Dairy Farm and was briefed by responsible officials on technique of cattle breeding and production of dairy products.

Afterwards, the Myanmar delegation visited the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War. In the evening, the Deputy Prime Minister 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. On 16 September, the Deputy Prime Minister and party departed Minsk to Mandalay via Moscow and Novosibirsk. In Novosibirsk, the Myanmar delegation was shown around the significant places of the city and building intended for the Myanmar Consulate-General in Novosibirsk.

The First Deputy Governor of Novosibirsk Region Mr. Yuri Petukhov hosted a dinner for the Myanmar delegation. The Myanmar delegation arrived back to the Mandalay International Airport in the morning of 17 September, where they were welcomed by official concerned of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.