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    Description: "The first Myanmar (Lashio)-China (Lincang) border economic and trade fair opened in Myanmar's northern city of Lashio on Thursday. The purpose of holding the border trade fair is to further enhance bilateral trade, expand investment and promote closer relationship between entrepreneurs of the two countries, said Myanmar Commerce Minister U Than Myint at the opening ceremony. Chinese Embassy Minister Counsellor Li Xiaoyan said the two countries' economies are highly complementary and the two sides have broad cooperation prospect in agriculture, tourism, production capacity, infrastructure and industrial park. She believed that the border fair will provide more opportunities for bilateral business cooperation and friendly exchanges between border inhabitants as well as for jointly building the Belt and Road and China-Myanmar Economic Corridor. Chinese Consul General in Mandalay Wang Zongying said Lashio is an important portal of northern Myanmar, a political, economic and transportation hub in northern Shan state as well as an important commodity distributing center in northern part of the country, only more than 100 km from the Sino-Myanmar border..."
    Source/publisher: "Xinhua" (China)
    2019-11-21
    Date of entry/update: 2019-11-22
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    Description: "New Delhi: India and Myanmar on Monday signed a defence co-operation agreement providing for boosting military engagement between the two countries. The pact was inked after Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing held extensive talks with Minister of State for Defence Shripad Yesso Naik. Hlaing, accompanied by a high-level delegation from the Myanmar Defence Services, also met Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh. Officials said the talks were aimed at enhancing the overall defence co-operation, including strengthening training being provided to Myanmar defence personnel by India..."
    Source/publisher: "The Economic Times" (India)
    2019-07-29
    Date of entry/update: 2019-10-22
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