Brunei-Myanmar Meet To Improve Bilateral Ties
Husin Ismail

Bandar Seri Begawan - His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, had an audience with the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Union of Myanmar, U Kyaw Thu, at Balai Penghadapan, Bukit Kayangan here yesterday.

The deputy minister made the courtesy call to the foreign minister during his five-day working visit with an aim of strengthening relation ships between their two countries. After the establishment of the diplomatic relation between Brunei Darussalam and Myanmar on September 21, 1993, the former country set up its embassy in Yangon in 1997.

The two members of Asean have since then taken measures to strengthen their bilateral relations in various fields, including culture, education and economy. They, for example, established a joint commission in 1996 for the promotion of bilateral cooperation in economic, trade, social and cultural fields with regular meetings organised in their capitals alternately.

Since 1998, both nations have implemented a reciprocal visaon-arrival policy allowing the holders of diplomatic and official passports with 14 days of visa exemption.

Brunei also signed an air services agreement with Myanmar on August 3, 1995.

In 1996, Brunei's imports from Myanmar reached about $770,000. Its imports consisted of mainly crude materials, and food products.

Brunei's exports to Myanmar in the same year amounted to about $20,000 comprising machinery and transport equipment.

The figures indicated steady increases from $3,210 in Brunei's exports to Myanmar in 1990 and $78,103 in its imports from that country. -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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