Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, received Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw at 4 p.m. on 27 May 2019.

During the meeting, they exchanged views on the recent developments in Rakhine State and on the possible areas of collaboration between Myanmar and ASEAN in resolving the humanitarian situation, as well as the outcomes and implementation of the recommendations of Preliminary Needs Assessment conducted by the ASEAN Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ASEAN ERAT) comprising members from selected ASEAN member states, the AHA Centre and the ASEAN Secretariat.

Present at the meeting were U Kyaw Tin, Union Minister for International Cooperation, and senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.—MNA