MINSK, 21 August (BelTA) – Myanmar is an important and promising partner for Belarus in Southeast Asia. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during expanded negotiations with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing in Minsk on 21 August, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Myanmar is an important and promising partner for us in Southeast Asia. And we are glad to see positive dynamics of development of the situation both in your country and around it. As you and I have agreed, converting the most favorable conditions created at the top level into concrete mutually beneficial projects remains a priority task.”

The head of state stressed that the projects that rely on long-term economic cooperation are meant to become the engine to advance the ties between Belarus and Myanmar.

Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked upon the fact that the Myanmar president had arrived in Belarus at the head of a large delegation that includes representatives of the private sector. They had taken part in a Belarus-Myanmar business forum the day before. “According to reports from ministers, this forward-thinking forum has produced very good results,” the Belarusian leader stressed.

Addressing Min Aung Hlaing, the president said: “Every visit of yours and our meetings deepen our relations. And this visit will not be an exception. Looking back at the road we’ve traveled within a rather short period of time, we can state that Belarus-Myanmar cooperation produces results despite problems, the distance, and the rest.”