ASEAN Steering Committee holds meet

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Subject: ASEAN Steering Committee holds meeting 

ASEAN Steering Committee holds meeting 


YANGON, 12 July-Meeting No 2/99 of ASEAN Steering Committee was held in the 
meeting hall of Commander-in-Chief (Army) of the Ministry of Defence this 
evening, attended by Chairman of ASEAN Steering committee Secretary-l of the 
State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.


Then, Minister U Win Aung reported on matters related to 32nd meeting of 
ASEAN foreign ministers and other related meetings, the ASEAN news bulletin 
and the meetings which officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended.


Afterwards, Minister Brig-Gen Abel reported on ASEAN economic cooperation and 
meetings.


Then, ministers, the auditor-general and deputy ministers reported on ASEAN 
meetings which officials of the respective departments attended.


Deputy Minister for Energy U Tin Tun also reported on energy matters related 
to ASEAN.


Later, Deputy Minister U Khin Maung Win reported on appointment of staff at 
the ASEAN Secretariat.


Deputy Minister U Tin Tun then reported on formation of a national committee 
on cooperation in the energy sector with BIMST-EC.


In his address, the Secretary-l said after becoming a member of ASEAN, 
Myanmar is actively participating and cooperating in activities of ASEAN.


Therefore, not long after becoming an ASEAN member, Myanmar is actively 
attending the ASEAN meetings; so also did it manage to host ministerial 
meetings, senior officers meetings and ASEAN meetings of NGOs.


As Myanmar managed to host ASEAN meetings, the international community can 
know the objective condition of Myanmar through those who attended such 
meetings, and it accentuates Myanmar?s skilful performance of hosting 
international-level meetings.


Furthermore, intellectuals and intelligentsia of Myanmar could acquire 
knowledge and experience of international-level meetings.


In conclusion, the Secretary-l urged all to cooperate with respective 
ministries with a view to enabling Myanmar to speed up the momentum of active 
participation in the ASEAN and to actively take part in ministerial and 
senior officers meetings as well as ASEAN summit to be held soon.

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