1st US-Myanmar Partnership meeting held in Nay Pyi Taw

November 15, 2016

The 1st Myanmar-US Partnership meeting between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and the State Department of the United States of America was held in the Ayeyawady Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

The meeting was attended by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin, Permanent Secretaries, Directors-General and senior officials from various ministries on the Myanmar side while U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Scot Marciel, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia, Mr Patrick Murphy and responsible officials on the US side.

During the meeting, both sides discussed matters on the promotion of bilateral relations and cooperation between Myanmar and the US including cooperation in trade and investment sector, health and education sector, tourism sector, combating drugs and human trafficking and capacity building for government officials.

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar