Saturday 28 September 2013

Japan pledges to help Myanmar with democratization, economic reforms

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin agreed Wednesday to boost bilateral cooperation in various areas such as democratization and economic reforms, Kishida said.

Kishida told reporters after a meeting with the Myanmar foreign minister in New York that the Japanese government will make efforts to sign an investment treaty at an early date aimed at helping economic reform in Myanmar.

"Both the public and private sectors (in Japan) will help Myanmar in the areas of democratization, stronger rule of law, reconciliation between people and economic reforms," Kishida said, referring to the need to bring an end to ethnic violence in the country.

Kishida said he told his counterpart that Japan hopes Myanmar will exercise its leadership as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in dealing with issues such as China's activities in the South China Sea and North Korea's nuclear program.

source: Globalpost
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/130925/japan-pledges-help-myanmar-democratization-economic-re 

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