DFA Sec. del Rosario meets Suu Kyi and Myanmar leader
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario met with Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi at her home on Thursday as she geared up for the start of electoral campaign for the April by-elections there.
The meeting "was aimed at strengthening the ties between the two countries" according to state media reports.
Del Rosario and Suu Kyi posed for photos in front of the democracy leader's house in Yangon, where she held a press briefing for her National League for Democracy (NLD) party after their meeting.
Secretary del Rosario also met with Myanmar President U Thein Sein and held discussions with Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday.
The DFA said del Rosario “congratulated the Myanmar leadership on the political, economic and social reforms it has undertaken,” including the release of Suu Kyi.
It also said the Myanmar leader thanked the Philippines government for its support and encouragement to the various reforms that the Myanmar Government has undertaken.
Myanmar’s president “also expressed appreciation for the Philippine support towards the lifting of economic sanctions against Myanmar,” the DFA added.
“The Myanmar President invited the Philippine business community to invest in various sectors of Myanmar economy such as oil and gas, agriculture, mining, forestry and timber products, development of deep sea ports, infrastructure, among others,” the DFA said.
Election campaign
Suu Kyi and her allies are contesting 48 seats in various legislatures including the 440-seat lower house in the April 1 by-elections that could give political credibility to Myanmar and help advance the end of Western sanctions.
Suu Kyi addressed a crowd of supporters, mostly from the party's youth wing. "Concerted efforts can shake even the whole world," she told the gathering.
Official campaigning begins this weekend, but Suu Kyi had been delivering speeches in villages and cities in recent weeks, giving the unmistakeable feel of a campaign.
As the southeast Asian nation emerges from half a century of isolation, diplomats from the region have been holding meetings with Suu Kyi.
Joining the diplomats are business executives, mostly from Asia, swarmed into Yangon in recent weeks to hunt for investment opportunities in one of the last frontier markets in Asia.
They are encouraged by statements from the European Union and the US that sanctions could be lifted if voters were able to vote freely in April's elections.
Myanmar is also at the center of a struggle for strategic influence as the United States sees a chance to expand its ties there and balance China's fast-growing economic and political sway in the region. — with Reuters, AFP/Rose-Ann Dioquino/ELR, GMA News
The meeting "was aimed at strengthening the ties between the two countries" according to state media reports.
Del Rosario and Suu Kyi posed for photos in front of the democracy leader's house in Yangon, where she held a press briefing for her National League for Democracy (NLD) party after their meeting.
Secretary del Rosario also met with Myanmar President U Thein Sein and held discussions with Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday.
The DFA said del Rosario “congratulated the Myanmar leadership on the political, economic and social reforms it has undertaken,” including the release of Suu Kyi.
It also said the Myanmar leader thanked the Philippines government for its support and encouragement to the various reforms that the Myanmar Government has undertaken.
Myanmar’s president “also expressed appreciation for the Philippine support towards the lifting of economic sanctions against Myanmar,” the DFA added.
“The Myanmar President invited the Philippine business community to invest in various sectors of Myanmar economy such as oil and gas, agriculture, mining, forestry and timber products, development of deep sea ports, infrastructure, among others,” the DFA said.
Election campaign
Suu Kyi and her allies are contesting 48 seats in various legislatures including the 440-seat lower house in the April 1 by-elections that could give political credibility to Myanmar and help advance the end of Western sanctions.
Suu Kyi addressed a crowd of supporters, mostly from the party's youth wing. "Concerted efforts can shake even the whole world," she told the gathering.
Official campaigning begins this weekend, but Suu Kyi had been delivering speeches in villages and cities in recent weeks, giving the unmistakeable feel of a campaign.
As the southeast Asian nation emerges from half a century of isolation, diplomats from the region have been holding meetings with Suu Kyi.
Joining the diplomats are business executives, mostly from Asia, swarmed into Yangon in recent weeks to hunt for investment opportunities in one of the last frontier markets in Asia.
They are encouraged by statements from the European Union and the US that sanctions could be lifted if voters were able to vote freely in April's elections.
Myanmar is also at the center of a struggle for strategic influence as the United States sees a chance to expand its ties there and balance China's fast-growing economic and political sway in the region. — with Reuters, AFP/Rose-Ann Dioquino/ELR, GMA News
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