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our dpa-correspondent and Europe Online
Bangkok (dpa) - A European Union-Myanmar task force will meet this
week for the first time, the EU's foreign policy chief Catherine
Ashton said Monday.
"This first meeting of the EU-Myanmar Task Force brings together
all of our instruments in order to take our partnership to the next
level," said Ashton.
The EU-Myanmar Task Force will travel to Yangon and Naypyitaw on
Wednesday for a three-day visit, with about 100 high-level EU
executives and representatives of businesses, said a statement from
Brussels.
Since 2012, the EU has dropped economic sanctions on Myanmar,
increased development assistance and reinstated trade preferences for
the once-pariah state.
The establishment of an EU-Myanmar Task Force was announced in
March, the first such mechanism in Asia.
European Commission Vice-President for Industry and
Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani said the task force "represents a
concrete answer to the requests raised both by the Myanmar government
and by the Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi for strong European
support to the process of democratic and economic transition in
Myanmar."
"Europe wants to build an economic and political partnership with
Myanmar, in particular through cooperation in strategic sectors, such
as industry, SMEs, raw materials, standardisation and tourism," he
said.
Representatives of civil society from both the EU and Myanmar will
also participate in the task force.
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