REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - US supported an event last week and brought Government officials together with senior officials from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia and Indonesia, and officials from the ASEAN Secretariat, to present Myanmar with an opportunity to learn from the successes and lessons-learned from past ASEAN chairs. 

“Assumption of the ASEAN Chair in 2014 marks a great opportunity for Myanmar and the region," US Ambassador to ASEAN David L. Carden said during the opening of the workshop. "As Myanmar continues to make strides in its internal reform processes and increases its linkages to the world beyond its borders, it will look first to its ASEAN neighbors who have consistently offered support and encouragement.  In the coming years I have every confidence Myanmar will be a leading contributor to ASEAN integration," he said on the press release.

The purpose of the workshop was to assist the Government in its preparations by examining remaining agenda items in implementing the ASEAN Community and learning how the process of managing this agenda throughout the calendar year of ASEAN meetings works among the Chair, the other Member States and the ASEAN Secretariat.

During his opening remarks, U Thant Zhaw, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs said that the government greatly appreciated receiving the benefits of the experiences of previous chairs from esteemed colleagues from Cambodia and Indonesia, as well as the ASEAN Secretariat. "We look forward to building on the momentum they have created in the last few years as we take on the leadership of ASEAN next year,” he said.

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