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Agreement/ MoUs including Agreement on Land Border Crossing signed
State
Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi received the External Affairs Minister of India
Smt. Sushma Swaraj at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw, in the
morning of 11 May 2018 and held a bilateral meeting.
During
the meeting, they cordially discussed matters pertaining to promotion of
bilateral relations and cooperation; provision of assistance for the
development of Rakhine State and support to the Myanmar Government’s endeavours
on the repatriation process of displaced persons from Rakhine State; and closer
cooperation and collaboration between the two countries in the regional and
international fora. Present on the occasion were Union Minister for Labour,
Immigration and Population U Thein Swe, Union Minister for International
Cooperation U Kyaw Tin, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
U Myint Thu, Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Shri Vikram Misri, departmental
officials and members of the Indian delegation.
It
was followed by the signing ceremony of bilateral cooperation agreement/
Memorandums of Understanding which was witnessed by the State Counsellor and the
External Affairs Minister of India.
On
the occasion, Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe
and Indian External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj signed the Agreement
between the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the
Government of the Republic of India on Land Border Crossing; and Permanent
Secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture U Htun Ohn and
Ambassador of India Shri Vikram Misri signed the Memorandum of Understanding
between Myanmar and India for the Conservation of Earthquake Damaged Pagodas in
Bagan.
According
to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
and the Government of the Republic of India on Land Border Crossing, nationals
of Myanmar and India and any third country with valid passports with
visas/e-visas will be allowed to enter/exit through the authoritized entry/exit
points at the land border in Tamu (Myanmar)- Moreh (India) and Rihkhawdar
(Myanmar)- Zowkhawthar (India) as per the permitted stay of respective visas
whereas the local people living in the border areas of the two countries will
be able to enter/exit to the other country upon the application of Border Pass
which has a validity of one year. According to the Memorandum of Understanding
between Myanmar and India for the Conservation of Earthquake Damaged Pagodas in
Bagan, the Department of Archaeology, National Museum and Library of the
Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture and the Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) will jointly implement the maintenance plan for the
earthquake-damaged pagodas in Bagan.
Moreover,
the officials concerned of both sides exchanged 5 MoUs namely, Supply of Ten
Vehicles to the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC), setting up of
Indo-Myanmar Industrial Training Centre at Thaton, setting up of Indo-Myanmar
Industrial Training Centre at Monywa, Capacity building of Myanmar Foreign
Service Officials and Exchange of Letter for the Implementation of the five
years Comprehensive Maintenance Plan to IMITC (Myingyan).
MNA
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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