UNION Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Rela­tions Dr Wah Wah Maung re­ceived Mrs Aya Saad Mohamed Abdelkarim, Ambassador of Egypt to Myanmar, yesterday at Office 1 of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Eco­nomic Relations in Nay Pyi Taw.

 

They cordially exchanged views on matters related to bi­lateral economic cooperation, signing “Memorandum of Un­derstanding on the General Trade and Business Coopera­tion” that aims to strengthen trade and investment sectors between the two countries, the Myanmar-Egypt Online Investment Forum, the partic­ipation of the Union of Myan­mar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Egyptian businesspeople in this forum, investment and tech­nology transfer in agro-based industries, cotton and textile processing, pharmaceutical products and renewable energy production sector.

 

The meeting was attended by the director-general of the Foreign Economic Relations Department, senior officials from the Ministry of Invest­ment and Foreign Economic Relations and representatives from the embassy. — MIFER