Yangon The Italian Ambassador to Myanmar, Pier Giorgio Aliberti and the Head of the UNESCO Bureau in Myanmar, Dr. Min Jeong Kim, both signed the Agreement on the “Support for Safeguarding, Management, and Improvement of the Mrauk-U Site” at the Italian Embassy in Yangon. It consists of a multi-lateral initiative financed by the Italian Government with a contribution of €300,000. The signing of the Agreement was witnessed by engineer Maurizio Di Calisto – director of the AICS (Agency for Development Cooperation) Yangon headquarters. The Project is being undertaken in response to a request by the Government of Myanmar for the improvement of the Rakhine State in line with the recommendations issued by the Advisory Commission on the Rakhine State in August 2017. The Government duly acknowledged the key role that the preservation of the Mrauk-U site may play in the sustainable development of the entire region and committed to support the listing of Mrauk-U as a World Heritage site on the UNESCO World Heritage List. (9Colonne)
