A ceremony to exchange the Letter for Extension of Agreement on the Implementation of Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) and to sign 36 Myanmar-India Boundary Strip Maps at the plenipotentiary level was held yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw.

In the presence of Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Lwin Oo, the extension letter regarding Indian Grant Assistance for QIPs was exchanged between Dr Wah Wah Maung, Deputy Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations of Myanmar, and Mr Abhay Thakur, Ambassador of India to Myanmar.

This extension allows India to continue providing grant assistance under the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation Initiative, originally signed on 27 February 2020.

Subsequently, 36 Myanmar-India Boundary Strip Maps were officially signed by U Hau Khan Sum, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, and Ambassador Abhay Thakur.

Witnessed by Deputy Minister U Ko Ko Kyaw, the signing aims to enhance the effective and coordinated management of the shared border and strengthen bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries.