NEWS - Dhaka, Yangon Sign Mou to St (r)

[hag2@xxxxxxxxxxx]

What do you mean? Do you want to claim that Arakan is a seperate country?
 Do you want to accept federalism or not?  Just want to know your opinion.
Thanks

Htun

At 10:35 AM 7/28/98, you wrote:
>NOTE: Bangladesh must be warned for this ignorant action.  Burma does
>not border Bangladesh, Arakan/Rhakhine does.  Arakan is NOT a legal part
>of Burma.
>
>Dhaka, Yangon Sign Mou to Strengthen Economic Relations
>
>            Xinhua
>            28-JUL-98
>
>            DHAKA (July 28) XINHUA - Bangladesh and Myanmar signed here
>            Tuesday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote,
>            strengthen and expand trade, investment and other economic
>            activities between the two countries. 
>
>            Under the MOU, a Bangladesh-Myanmar business promotion
>center
>            would be set up in the private sector to explore the
>possibilities of
>            increased bilateral trade and economic cooperation,
>particularly the
>            possibility of setting up a special export processing zone
>in Teknaf,
>            southeast Bangladesh, exclusively for joint ventures based
>on raw
>            materials from Myanmar. 
>
>            Subcommittees would be set up under the center for
>conducting the
>            feasibility study on the processing zone, and for studying
>the possibility
>            of mining lime stone and manufacturing clinker for clinker
>industries in
>            Bangladesh and of establishing hydroelectric power plants in
>            Myanmar. 
>
>            The MOU was signed by R. Maksud Khan, president of the Dhaka
>            Chamber of Commerce and Industries (DCCI) and U Aik Htun,
>leader
>            of a visiting business and investment delegation of Myanmar,
>at a
>            symposium on "Prospects of Bangladesh-MyanmarZCZC
>            M09-728-0162 07-28 11:27 Economic Cooperation," organized by
>            the DCC d p 2501 I and the Bangladesh Board of Investment
>(BOI). 
>
>            Speaking a Up Visit to Egypt t the symposium, Commerce and
>            Industries Minister Tofail Ahmed called on businessmen from
>the two
>            countries to help raise the bila teral trade volume between
>Bangladesh
>            and Myanmar, which had remained at order dispute in the Horn
>of
>            Africa. about 8 million U.S. dollars a year. tian northern
>resort of The
>            current volume of two-way trade and investment the ongoing
>between
>            the two countries could be increased to 500 million U.S.
>dollars in two
>            to three years although it was insignificant at presetold
>reporters nt,
>            according to BOI Director Farooq Sonban. 
>
>            The MOU would create tremendous scopes of cooperation for
>the
>            private sector in the ta halt and encourage peaceful
>coexistence
>            between the wo countries, Khan was Eritrean president, who
>had sent
>            two messages to Mubarak in quoted by presseeking an active
>role
>            from the Egyptian leader in s reports here as
>sayinhiopian-Eritrean
>            border conflict. g on Monday. 
>
>            The Myanmar business comms suggested that Cairo unity had
>            expressed their interest in establishing e repeated
>industries in
>            Bangladesh using Myanmar raw materials and Bangla African
>tour
>            which also desh technology. "For example, bamboo processing
>byan
>            leader industries could be set up in Bangladesh utilizing
>Myanma
>            buffer r bamboo to produce pulp for Bangladesh paper mills,"
>he said.
>            t, Eritrean Minister of External Affairs The 32-member
>Myanmar
>            delegation aouth Africa, on Monday that rrived here on
>Sunday on a
>            seven-day visit to ire as a prelude Bangladesh. Enditem 
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