(Mizzima) – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Burma for a two-day official visit on Tuesday to promote trade and economic cooperation.
The Pakistani president planned to raise the issue of upgrading institutional relations with Asean to a full dialogue partnership. He will also meet with Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
Zardari said in a statement that he wanted to congratulate her on what it called “the beginning moments of her triumph” as she reenters the political arena, seeking a seat in Parliament in the April 1 by-election.
He met with his Burmese counterpart President Thein Sein Tuesday in Naypyitaw.
Zardari and Thein Sein discussed increasing bilateral cooperation in the oil and gas sectors, according to press reports.
