State Administration Council Member General Nyo Saw, Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Dr Kan Zaw and Union Minister for Commerce U Tun Ohn received a delegation led by Mr Maxim Ryzhenkov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

          During the meeting, they discussed signing an agreement on cooperation in bilateral development programmes between the two countries, promising business cooperation, investment in agriculture, livestock and dairy produce, value-added commodities and food production, electricity, industry, automobile assembly, medicine and raw medical supplies production and investment opportunities at the Thilawa Special Economic Zone.

          Belarusian Foreign Minister then highlighted the mutually beneficial trading and economic policies of Belarus and discussed matters on investments in Myanmar’s milk and dairy production, natural gas to fertilizer manufacturing, medicine and medical supplies production including human and veterinary medicines, holding of Myanmar-Belarus Join Committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation meeting, transfer of technologies for investments in Myanmar and signing of agreements on cooperation in science and technology.

          After the meeting, Director-General Dr Marlar Myo Nyunt of the Foreign Economic Relations Department and Belarusian Director-General Mr Dimitry Mironchik of the Directorate of Asia, Africa and Latin America initialled the cooperation agreement.

          Afterwards, SAC Member General Nyo Saw, Union Ministers and the Belarusian Foreign Minister posed for the documentary photo and exchanged gifts.

          Also, present at the meeting were officials from the SAC Office, the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and the Ministry of Commerce.