Senior General Than Shwe sees off Prime Minister General Soe Win who will attend 2nd China-ASEAN Expo, 2nd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit to be held in Nanning, PRC

YANGON, 17 Oct— At the invitation of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, Myanmar delegation led by General Soe Win, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, left here this morning for Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the People’s Republic of China to attend the 2nd China-ASEAN Expo and the 2nd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit.

The Prime Minister and party were seen off at the Yangon International Airport by Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe, Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, Member of the State Peace and Development Council General Thura Shwe Mann of the Ministry of Defence, Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein, members of the State Peace and Development Council, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy), the Commander-in-Chief (Air), the Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command, Ministers, senior military officers, Charge d’ Affairs ai of Chinese Embassy Mr Yu Boren and officials of the embassy, heads of department and officials.

The Prime Minister was accompanied by Minister for National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha, Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, Director-General Col Kyaw Kyaw Win of the State Peace and Development Council Office and departmental heads.