MANILA, philippines - President Benigno S. Aquino III is set to meet with Myanmar President Thein Sein and parliamentarian Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Myanmar on Friday.
In Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar’s capital, the President will meet with President Thein Sein to discuss the reforms instituted by Myanmar, the strengthening of economic cooperation between the two countries and Myanmar’s chairmanship of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in 2014.
Aquino will also meet with parliamentarian and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD), Myanmar’s opposition party and Nobel Peace Prize awardee Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to exchange views on the developments in Myanmar and on how to make full use of the legislative framework to effect meaningful change in Myanmar.
This is the President’s first visit to Myanmar. It is also the first visit by a Philippine President since 1997.