Mizzima
News:
February
22, 2013
Thein
Sein has received official invitations to visit five European countries in the
near future, according to an announcement in state-run newspaper The New Light
of Myanmar on February 22.
The Myanmar president will travel to Norway, Finland, Austria, Italy and
Belgium in what will be the first of his official overseas trips of 2013.
The latest invitations come following the relaxation of sanctions and
improvement in bilateral relations with the European countries.
Norway opened an embassy in Yangon in November 2012; Finnish Minister of
International Development visited Myanmar in January; and the President of the
Austrian Chamber of Commerce met with Thein Sein in Naypyitaw earlier this
month.
Italy recently stepped up cooperation with Myanmar under the supervision
of UNESCO to aid cultural heritage in the country.
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