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Myanmar, Canada agree on four points of cooperation

Xinhua, April 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar and Canada Thursday agreed on four points of cooperation, U Zaw Htay, spokesperson of the President's Office told the press.

The agreement was reached during a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw between Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw and visiting Canadian Foreign Minister Ste'phane Dion.

The agreement covers cooperation in Myanmar's national reconciliation efforts, availability of enough safe water under climate change, bringing in responsible investment and resumption of Canadian scholarship to Myanmar youths which was suspended in the 1980s.

Dion, who arrived in Yangon Wednesday on a three-day official visit, had met with his Myanmar counterpart Aung San Suu Kyi and representatives of Myanmar civil society as well as Thant Myint-U, a renowned historian and founder of the Yangon Heritage Trust.

Dion also pledged to fund Myanmar's new government with 8 million U.S. dollars for use in health, education and social sectors. Endit