Minister Paolo Gentiloni\u00a0started a mission in\u00a0Myanmar today that will last until 8 April. Mr Gentiloni met Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, making him\u00a0the first Western foreign minister to meet her following her appointment to\u00a0Myanmar’s foreign ministry. The\u00a0minister’s agenda\u00a0includes meetings with President Htin Kyaw, the Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs, Thura U Aung Ko, the\u00a0Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, and the Minister of Construction, U Win Khaing.The visit is taking place at a historic time for Myanmar. The establishment of the government led by the National League for Democracy is in fact a fundamental step forward\u00a0in the country’s democratic transition process, at a time when many opportunities are opening up for Italian companies.After 50 years of international isolation, Myanmar is now considered a country of great economic development opportunities. Trade with Italy is increasing, and there is a growing interest among our companies, as demonstrated by the more than 100 companies that took part in the “Italian Products Expo 2015” in Yangon, in October 2015, organised with the contribution of the Embassy and ICE.The main cooperation opportunities are in the agro-food\u00a0sector and in agricultural machinery, mining, tourism, energy, infrastructure and construction, and oil and gas.Myanmar is a priority country for Italian Cooperation. Since 2011, the value of interventions has grown to over 35 million euros.<\/p>\n
Cultural, scientific and technological cooperation<\/strong><\/p>\n During the visit, a cultural, scientific and technological cooperation agreement will be signed,\u00a0providing a framework\u00a0in which\u00a0to develop relations between the two countries’ higher education systems, as well as in the fields of science, technology, literature, art and culture, sport, entertainment and information.The aim is to contribute to improving the mutual\u00a0knowledge of the two countries’\u00a0people and culture and to strengthen cooperation in the cultural, scientific and technological fields.History and culture in particular is an\u00a0area in which Italy is\u00a0contributing its experience, by participating with UNESCO and the Burmese Ministry of Culture in activities to preserve the Country’s heritage.\u00a0Italy’s contribution began in 2011 and has reached 1.4 million dollars. The projects put in place so far, implemented by UNESCO, have enabled the Ministry of Culture to preserve important sites, including the ancient cities of Pyu,\u00a0which were included in\u00a0the UNESCO list in 2014, and the Bagan archaeological area.<\/p>\n “Italy in Myanmar 2016: our legacy from the past, our vision of the future”<\/strong><\/p>\n The Embassy in Yangon is planning a busy programme of events for 2016 entitled “Italy in Myanmar 2016: our legacy from the past, our vision of the future”, which includes a range of initiatives and events ranging from photography to promoting the Italian language, fine cuisine, cinema and music.In this context, Minister Gentiloni will also attend the opening of the prize-awarding ceremony\u00a0for the “Yangon cultural heritage: looking back at the past in order to develop a sustainable future” photography competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister Paolo Gentiloni\u00a0started a mission in\u00a0Myanmar today that will last until 8 April. Mr Gentiloni met Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, making him\u00a0the first Western foreign minister to meet her following her appointment to\u00a0Myanmar’s foreign ministry. The\u00a0minister’s agenda\u00a0includes meetings with President Htin Kyaw, the Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs, Thura U Aung Ko, […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,29,32,3,35,76],"class_list":["post-53709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-asia-e-oceania","tag-cooperazione-sviluppo","tag-diplomazia-culturale","tag-diplomazia-economica","tag-diplomazia-scientifica","tag-ministri-precedenti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}