Union Minister for Commerce U Chit Swe met Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Abhay Thakur and a delegation led by Additional Secretary Shri Nitin Kumar Yadav of the Department of Commerce under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India, who are in Nay Pyi Taw to attend the ninth Myanmar-India Joint Trade Committee Meeting, at the Union Minister’s reception hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday evening.

Both sides discussed ways to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes for Myanmar and India through the Joint Trade Committee, the implementation of processes to promote bilateral trade, the extension of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral trade, the promotion of Myanmar’s agricultural exports, including pulses, to India, cooperation to facilitate the use of the two countries’ currencies in bilateral trade, and measures to enhance mutual exchanges between business communities of both countries.

The meeting was attended by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, the Director-General of the Department of Trade, and other relevant officials.

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