MIFER Union Minister attends AFTA Council Ministers Meeting

 

February 08

 

Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and AFTA Council Minister of Myanmar Dr Kan Zaw attended the Virtual Ministerial Meeting of AFTA Council Ministers concerned with the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) Upgrade Negotiation which was held on 7 February 2025 at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Office 1, Nay Pyi Taw.

 

The meeting was chaired by Mr Gan Kim Yong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore and also attended by AFTA Council Ministers from the ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General and representatives.

 

The Ministers discussed and provided guidance on the outstanding issues of the ATIGA upgrade negotiation and the arrangement for the signing of the Second Protocol to Amend the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement. Negotiation of the ATIGA upgrade was started in March 2022 and aims to conclude in March 2025.

 

The meeting was joined by Dr Marlar Myo Nyunt, SEOM Lead of Myanmar, Director-General of the Foreign Economic Relations Department and responsible persons together with the Union minister. — MNA