The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the first consular affairs coordination meeting yesterday afternoon with the United States Department of State in Chindwin Hall, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw.
Present at the meeting were representatives, led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary U Myint Thu and representatives, led by US State Department Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs H.E. Mr. Carl C. Risch.
In the meeting, matters relating to improving bilateral consular relations and authorizing citizens from the two countries to conduct consular and visa matters were discussed.
This is the first time the bilateral consular affairs coordination meeting was held, and there are plans to continue these meetings in the future.
