The gathering organised by the Indonesian Embassy in cooperation with the International Business Promotion Centre held business-to-business meetings for 10 Indonesian representatives from six companies and their Myanmar counterparts. 

Among the dignitaries at the event were U AikHtun, chair of the International Business Promotion Centre and ShweThaung Group, Daw Hla Hla Yee, member of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry and secretary of the Myanmar International Freight Forwarders’ Associationand, and Dewi Lestari, deputy director of South East Asia Affairs of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During his welcoming remarks, Indonesian Ambassador Prof. Dr Iza Fadri said that Indonesia and Myanmar will continue to raise their efforts to keep improving trade volumes that reached US$1 billion last year. 

DawHlaHla Yee and. Dewi Lestari encouraged Indonesian businesses to explore the many investment opportunities in Myanmar.

The organisations represented at the event ranged from oil and gas, railways, trading, water and sanitation, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, logistics, poultry farming, medicine, agribusiness, construction, and wastewater treatment. 

Source: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/indonesia-myanmar-keen-keep-bilateral-trade-growing.html