DEPUTY Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations U Than Aung Kyaw joined the Fortieth Meeting of High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (40th HLTF-EI) which was held via video conference on 18th August, 2021, and the senior officials as representatives from Foreign Economic Relations Department also attended the meeting.
During the meeting, HLTFEI leaders
exchanged views on the COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures of
ASEAN Member States, economic recovery outlook of the region, progress of the
implementation of the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF), the
priority economic deliverables (PEDs) of Brunei Darussalam under its ASEAN
Chairmanship in 2021, the strategic follow-up on the recommendations of the
report of the Mid-Term Review of the AEC Blueprint 2025, finalization and
adoption of the consolidated strategy of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), preparatory
work for the ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision, and the preparations for
Cambodia’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2022.
The Deputy Minister informed the
meeting about the COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures
particularly for government’s efforts to speed up vaccination, private sector
cooperation in national vaccine programme, and the measures to facilitate the
cross border import of COVID-19 related medicine and medical equipment. In
addition, he also explained the preparatory work to implement the Myanmar
Economic Recovery Plan (MERP) and the follow up action of Myanmar on the
implementation of ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework.
The meeting was chaired by H.E
Gabriel Lim, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore. Deputy
Minis ters and Permanent Secretaries who are HLTF-EI Leaders from ASEAN Member
States, Deputy Secretary General from ASEAN Secretariat and representatives
took part in the meeting.
MNA
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