The Myanmar delegation led by U Thet Win, Charge’ d’ Affaires a.i./ Minister of the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Washington, D.C., attended the 36th ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue which was held at the U.S. Department of State on 24 May 2024.
The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Daniel Krintenbrink, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State and Mr. Sidharto R. Suryodipuro, Deputy Minister for ASEAN Affairs/ SOM Leader ASEAN-Indonesia. It was attended by Senior Officials of ASEAN Member States, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community and U.S. Permanent Representative to ASEAN Ambassador.
During the meeting, the Senior Officials reviewed ASEAN-U.S. cooperation including progress of the implementation of the “Plan of Action implement the ASEAN-U.S. Strategic Partnership (2021-2025)” and “Plan of Action of Annex to the ASEAN-U.S. Comprehensive Strategic Partnership”. They also exchanged views on possible areas of cooperation such as maritime security, Security Education Business and trade cooperation; green economy, non-conventional challenges, technical partnership, sustainable development, digital economy, infrastructure development and climate change for further strengthening of the ASEAN-U.S. Comprehensive Strategic Partnership as well as regional and international developments. Moreover, they also discussed forthcoming bilateral meetings.
The Myanmar Charge’ d’ Affaires appraised the Meeting of Myanmar’s cooperation with ASEAN in the implementation of the Five-point Consensus including the provision of humanitarian assistances to Myanmar. The Myanmar Charge’ d’ Affaires attended related programmes including the working lunch hosted by the Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.