Business representatives hold meeting with Myanmar envoy

 Kathmandu, Mar 21

Nepal Foreign Trade Association (NFTA) and Nepal-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) jointly held a meeting with Ambassador of Myanmar to Nepal U Sein Oo and  discussed about further strengthening diplomatic and commercial relations between the two countries and the import and export of goods from both countries.

During the meeting, Vinod Kumar Sethia, President of NFTA, said that they were planning to cooperate with business and government agencies of Myanmar for the export of the Nepali goods.

He said that they requested the ambassador for business relations with Myanmar with the purpose of strengthening business, cultural, tourism promotion and people-to-people relations.

Stating that Nepal and Myanmar have been culturally and religiously connected for the past six decades, he urged Myanmar businesspeople to visit Nepal and find business opportunities.

"The government of Nepal is working firmly in the direction of creating a business-oriented, investment-friendly environment through various policy, structural and legal reforms," he said, "The government has also introduced new market-friendly incentives and policies to make Nepal a profitable business destination."

Shiva Kumar Agrawal, President of NMCCI, requested to further strengthen the decades-long relationship by enhancing business and investment between the two countries.

He requested the Myanmar government to operate at least one flight to Nepal every week for the promotion of tourism. He said that this will maintain harmonious relations between the two countries and it will also be easy for tourists from Myanmar to visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha.

Similarly, Agarwal informed that the Nepali delegation is going to visit the businesses and industries of Myanmar in near future.

In that meeting, Ratan Kedia, vice president of NFTA, Samudrapar Paithari Sangh, and Jayant Agarwal, member of the working committee, expressed their views on the issue of increasing foreign trade.

NFTA's working committee member, Jayant Agarwal, who is also the chairman of Roundtable International, asked the ambassador to organise an interaction programme with the young entrepreneurs of Myanmar.

In response, Ambassador Oo stated that he is positive about the demands made by the Nepali businesspeople and expressed his commitment to talking about these issues with the Myanmar government and the entrepreneurs.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 22 March 2023.