Brunei and

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

established diplomatic relations in 1993. Brunei has an embassy in Yangon, and Myanmar has an embassy in Gadong. Both countries share friendly bilateral co-operation in education, health and labour.

History

Relations between the two countries has been established since 21 September 1993. The relations are friendly and both countries are working on the health and education sectors as well to establish a bilateral trade and signed a double taxation avoidance agreement. In 1998, Brunei Sultan

Hassanal Bolkiah Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III ( Jawi: ; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei since 1967 and the Prime Minister of Brunei since independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one ...

has paid a visit to Myanmar. Since that, the ministries and personnel from both nations have maintained a long-term relationship and exchanges. Many Burmese academicians, intellectuals and intelligentsia, medics, nurses and workers also contributed to the development of Brunei. Brunei also support Myanmar for the ASEAN chairmanship in 2015 by training Burmese officials for the role.

Economic relations

In economic relations, the Brunei National Petroleum Company (BNP) is one of the firms qualified to embark on the exploration of oil and gas onshore at a block in Myanmar. Both countries also focused on health education and technical assistance as well co-operating in capacity building and human resource development.

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Bilateral relations of Myanmar

History

Economic relations

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