YANGON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin
has stressed the need for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
and plus three countries (China, Japan and South Korea) to enhance networking
between government authorities and agricultural and food-related research
institutions to promote cooperation in rural financial institutions and
agricultural and micro-financing arrangements, official media reported Friday.
Speaking at the 10th East Asia
Forum (EAF) hosted by Myanmar in Nay Pyi Taw Thursday, U Wunna Maung Lwin noted
that the East Asia Forum has contributed to strengthening the East Asia
cooperation and moving forward the East Asia Community Building in the long
term. He added that the forum enhances investment in the development of rural
and urban communities across the region.
Appraising the forum about the
national development strategy on rural development and poverty eradication, he
urged the participants to find new practical ways and ideas for narrowing the
development gap in rural and urban communities.
The EAF was attended by
representatives from ASEAN member countries, dialogue partners of China, Japan
and South Korea, the Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN Political and Security
Community and ASEAN Secretariat as well as business and academic circles.
The year 2012 marks the 15th
anniversary of the ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation and 10th anniversary of the
East Asia Forum.
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