A reception to mark Kuwait’s 62nd National Day and 32nd In­dependence Day was held at Lotte Hotel in Yangon yesterday evening.

 

Union Minister for Inter­national Cooperation U Ko Ko Hlaing, Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein, Minis­ter U Bo Htay for Yangon City Development, ambassadors and charge d’affaires from for­eign embassies in Yangon, UN resident representatives and invitees were present on the occasion.

 

The ceremony was first inaugurated with national an­thems of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Kuwait.

 

Next, Union Minister U Ko Ko Hlaing and Ambassador Mr Mubarak M A Aladwani of Kuwait to Myanmar cut the commemorative cake and took documentary group photos with attendees.

 

Then, the Kuwaiti ambassa­dor hosted an honorary dinner. — MNA/TS