Myanmar delegates attend 9th AIMMAF

 

THE 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry, hosted by India, was held in New Delhi on 9 September, with a Myanmar delegation led by Union Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation U Min Naung in attendance.

During the meeting, ASEAN and Indian agriculture and forestry ministers exchanged views and discussed possible solutions and policy directions for ensuring food security and strengthening agricultural supply chains amid growing global uncertainties, in line with the statement adopted at the 46th ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) Meeting on 29 April 2026.

The Union minister also discussed practical measures to strengthen resilience against the impacts of geopolitical and economic developments, climate-related disruptions, and instability in energy, transport, food and agricultural input markets. He also emphasized the importance of maintaining smooth and uninterrupted supply chains through enhanced cooperation.

The meeting also discussed and adopted the draft Joint Statement of the 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry.

 The participants agreed to hold the 10th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry in Vietnam in 2028, with the date and time to be communicated to member states through the ASEAN Secretariat.

Following the meeting, the Myanmar delegation met with India’s Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to discuss bilateral cooperation in agriculture, including the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on agricultural cooperation between the two countries and an MoU on academic cooperation and exchange between Assam Don Bosco University and relevant Myanmar institutions.

They also discussed five technical proposals for cooperation submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation during the visit of India’s Foreign Secretary to Myanmar in December 2021, as well as technical cooperation in the development of dairy cattle farming.

The Myanmar delegation also held discussions with agriculture and forestry ministers from ASEAN member states and India, officials and researchers from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and private-sector agricultural entrepreneurs.

 As part of the study programme, the Myanmar delegation visited agricultural research facilities in India, where they observed modern greenhouse and soilless cultivation technologies, high-yield crop research fields including black gram and Basmati rice, an advanced plant phenotyping research centre, and a seed bank preserving the genetic resources of various plant species.

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Myanmar, India sign MoUs on QIP implementation

 

THE signing ceremony for five Memorandums of Understanding on the implementation of Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) between the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Government of the Republic of India was held at the Ministry of National Planning, Investment and Foreign Economic Relations in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

The ceremony was attended by Union Minister for National Planning, Investment and Foreign Economic Relations U Aung Kyaw Hoe, deputy ministers from relevant Ministries, senior officials and Mr Abhay Thakur, Ambassador of India to Myanmar, Mr Amit Shreeansh, First Secretary and representatives from the Embassy of India.

The ceremony featured the signing of five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) by representatives from the relevant ministries, namely the Memorandum of Understanding for Establishment of Media Training Centre by the Ministry of Information, the Memorandum of Understanding for the Solar Power Project for QuakeHit Rural Areas by the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development, the Memorandum of Understanding for the Purchase of a Construction Machinery Simulator and Engine Cut Section Model to be used as Teaching Tools at the Central Training Centre and the Memorandum of Understanding for the Procurement of Construction Equipment System Trainers for Central Training Centre by the Ministry of Construction, and the Memorandum of Understanding for Conservation of Man Aung Yadana Pagoda by the Ministry of Culture, Hotels and Tourism respectively. The MOUs were signed by Mr Amit Shreeansh, First Secretary, Embassy of India, on behalf of the Government of India.

The Indian Government will grant a total amount of US$244,068, and Joint Project Monitoring Committees (JPMC) will be formed in order to monitor and facilitate the progress of the projects.

In FY 2026-2027, a total of ten QIP projects will be implemented, comprising the five QIP projects signed yesterday and additional five projects to be supported by the Government of India.

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Myanmar, India discuss transport cooperation

 

Union Minister for Construction U Myo Thant received Ambassador of India to Myanmar Mr Abhay Thakur at the reception hall of the Ministry of Construction, in Nay Pyi Taw, yesterday.

Myanmar President, Cambodian PM Hold Talks to Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation

 

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Min Aung Hlaing, who is on a State Visit to Phnom Penh, met Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Manet at the meeting hall of the Peace Place in the Cambodian Prime Minister’s Office at 4:20 pm local standard time yesterday.

Myanmar attends 2026 Conference of Global Public Security Cooperation Forum

 

A Myanmar delegation led by Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Nyunt Win Swe attended the 2026 Conference of the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum, held from 8 to 10 September in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, the People’s Republic of China, at the invitation of the Ministry of Public Security of China.