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NEWS - Myanmar, Vietnam Hold Joint
Myanmar, Vietnam Hold Joint Commission Meeting
Xinhua
22-JUN-98
YANGON (June 22) XINHUA - Myanmar
and Vietnam Monday held the third
meeting of the two countries' Joint
Commission for Bilateral Cooperation
(JCBC) here, state-run Radio Myanmar
reported.
Myanmar Foreign Minister U Ohn Gyaw
and visiting Vietnamese Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister Nguyen
Manh Cam jointly chaired the meeting.
The meeting discussed matters relating to
the two countries' ties and cooperation, it
said.
The Myanmar-Vietnam JCBC was
established in May 1994 when former
Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet
visited Myanmar.
The first JCBC meeting, held in Hanoi
during Myanmar leader Senior General
Than Shwe's return visit in March 1995,
agreed on mutual cooperation in drug
abuse control and forestry.
The second JCBC meeting, which took
place in Hanoi during the Myanmar foreign
minister's visit in January 1997, further
discussed measures to promote
multi-sided cooperation, particularly in
trade, agriculture and forestry.
In recent years, relations between
Myanmar and Vietnam have continued to
develop with exchange of visits by leaders
of the two countries.
In May last year, the then Vietnamese
Party General Secretary Du Muoi visited
Myanmar and the two countries' ties were
further strengthened.
The visit to Myanmar by Vice-Minister of
National Defense of Vietnam and Chief of
the General Staff of Vietnam People's
Army Lieutenant-General Pham Van Tra in
June last year and one to Vietnam by
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the
Myanmar Defense Services General
Maung Aye in May this year also boosted
cooperation between the two countries
and the two armed forces.