Mekong MOU on Drug Control, senior officials meeting commences

The opening ceremony of the Mekong MOU Senior Officials Committee Meeting (SOC) on Drug Control was held at Nay Pyi Taw’s Thingaha Hotel yesterday.

Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Aung Soe, who is also a member of the Central Committee for Prevention and dangers of narcotic drugs and Psychotropic Substances delivered the opening speech.

Present at the ceremony were Secretary of the Central Committee for Prevention and dangers of narcotic drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Police Chief of Myanmar Police Force, Aung Win Oo, the representative from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Mr. Jeremy Douglas and his delegation, and representatives from Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

Deputy Police Chief Aung Naing Thu of Myanmar Police Force acted as the Chair.

The representatives discussed the ten projects implemented as part of the Mekong-Lancang countries, financial situations, prioritized projects, future collaborations, projects for 2019, the project roadmap for Mekong region, the Mekong MOU Ministerial Level meeting for 2019, and other general discussion.

The meeting continues today.

Myanmar News Agency

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar