According to Myanmar’s ASEAN affairs delegation, the two countries’ delegations discussed
poverty alleviation and development of the agricultural sector in Myanmar, as well as
prospects for the state counsellor visiting Japan later this year.

U Kyaw Zayra, director general of the ASEAN Affairs Department, said part of development
assistance funds would go toward Myanmar’s ongoing peace process.

Ahead of the meeting between the two countries’ leaders this week, Hiroto Izumi, a special
adviser for Mr Abe, visited Myanmar last month and met with the state counsellor.

The two discussed Japan’s activities in Myanmar, including the “Yangon city master plan”
drafted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, agricultural development and
the Thilawa special economic zone, which Japan has been instrumental in establishing.