At the invitation of Mr. Maris Sangiampongsa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe participated in the Informal Consultation at Ministerial Level between neighbouring countries of Myanmar Bangladesh, China, India, the Lao PDR, and Thailand, on 19 December 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.
At the Informal Consultation, the Foreign Ministers and representatives cordially discussed and exchanged views on cooperation in promoting border peace and security as well as combating transnational crimes.
During the consultation, the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs also updated the Myanmar Government’s efforts to ensure peace, development and democracy in the country and the recent developments in Myanmar to the Heads of Delegations.
In the afternoon of 19 December 2024, Mr. Maris Sangiampongsa, Foreign Minister of Thailand hosted an official lunch in honor of Heads of Delegation and delegates at the Capella Hotel in Bangkok.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe separately met Mr. Sun Weidong, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China at (1400) hrs and Mr. Md. Touhid Hossain, Adviser for Foreign Affairs of the Interim Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh at 1700 hrs on 18 December 2024. The Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs also met Mr. Thongsvanh Phomvihane, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic at 1330 hrs, Mr. Shri Vikram Misri, Foreign Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India at 1430 hrs and Mr. Enrique A. Manalo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, who was in Bangkok to attend a separate meeting, at 1715 hrs on 19 December 2024 at the Capella Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.
During the meetings, the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs exchanged views on further enhancing peace and stability along the borders and combating transnational crimes, strengthening cooperation of bilateral relations, continue maintaining peace and security in the border areas between the two countries, pertaining to the advancement of the multi-sectoral cooperation, strengthening people-to-people contacts, as well as closer collaboration at both regional and multilateral arenas.
The Myanmar delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe arrived back at Yangon International Airport in the evening of 19 December 2024 and the delegation was welcomed at the Yangon International Airport by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.