Nay Pyi Taw – Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Thein Sein, on 6 November evening, attended the 1St Mekong-Japan Summit at the Japanese Prime Minister’s office in Tokyo of Japan.

The summit was attended by Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Japan Mr Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Lao People’s Democratic Republic Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime Minister of Thailand Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr Nguyen Tan Dung, ministers, deputy ministers, and senior officials from Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

Japanese PM and PMs of Mekong Region countries had documentary photos taken before the summit.

Japanese Prime Minister gave an opening address, presiding over the summit. Next, PMs of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam exchanged views on development of regional infrastructures and human resources, environmental conservation and climate change, promotion of trade and investment, disaster management, promotion of tourism industry, further cementing of Mekong-Japan friendship and mutual cooperation between Mekong countries and Japan. The first day session of the summit came to an end at 7 pm.— MNA