The Joint Meeting between the Myanmar delegation led by U Than Swe, Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Re­public of the Union of Myan­mar, and the Delegation led by Mr Alounkeo Kittikhoun, the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Alternate Chair on Myanmar, was held yesterday at the Min­istry of Foreign Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw.

At the Joint Meeting, U Ko Ko Hlaing, Union Minister for the Ministry of the Chairman of the State Administration Office 2, Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, Un­ion Minister for Border Affairs and the Chairman of National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee (NSP­NC), Dr Soe Win, Union Min­ister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, U Lwin Oo, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, and concerned senior officials from relevant minis­tries, Dr Kao Kim Hourn, Sec­retary-General of ASEAN, Mr Lee Yam Ming, Executive Di­rector of ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assis­tance on disaster management (the AHA Centre), and respon­sible officials from ASEAN Sec­retariat were present.

During the Joint Meeting, both sides cordially exchanged views on matters pertaining to the status of providing hu­manitarian assistance in My­anmar and further cooperation between Myanmar and ASEAN in the field of humanitarian as­sistance.

In the evening, the Depu­ty Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs hosted a working dinner for the Special Envoy of the ASE­AN Alternate Chair and the members of the delegation at the Park Royal Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw. — MNA