Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, ASEAN Economic Community Council Minister of Myanmar, Dr. Kan Zaw participated at the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the ASEAN Economic Community Council (AECC) which was held on 7 October 2024 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

           At the meeting, the ministers exchanged view on the matters pertaining to the region’s economic performance and outlook ahead of 2025 and beyond, the implementation status of 14 Priority Economic Deliverables (PEDs) under Lao PDR’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2024, progress of the implementation and compliance to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025 including the AEC End-Term Review (ETR), ASEAN sustainability agenda , ASEAN digital transformation initiatives  and the development of AEC strategic plan for ASEAN’s Post 2025 Vision. The ministers also endorsed the 24^th AECC report to the 44^th and 45^th ASEAN Summit and 2024 AECC Outcome Documents.

           At the meeting, Union Minister discussed to intensifying the efforts of relevant AEC sectoral bodies for completing the remaining PEDs in a targeted timeline,    coordinating in the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement negotiations to complete by 2025 and strengthening cross sectors cooperation with regard to sustainability agenda.

The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Malaithong Kommasith, Minister for Industry and Commerce of Lao PDR and attended by ASEAN Economic Community Council Ministers, Senior Economic Officials (SEOM), Secretary General of ASEAN Secretariat and representatives. The Meetings were joined by H.E. Aung Ko, Ambassador of Myanmar to Lao PDR, Dr. Marlar Myo Nyunt, Myanmar SEOM Lead, Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Department together with Union Minister.

Myanmar delegation led by Dr. Kan Zaw, Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations arrived back from Vientiane, Laos PDR in the evening of 8 October 2024 after attending the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the ASEAN Economic Community Council.