YANGON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar and Egypt will cooperate in education, technology and culture under an agreement between the two countries, official newspaper the New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday.

    The agreement was signed by Myanmar Minister for National Planning and Economic development U Soe Tha and the Egyptian Ambassador in Nay Pyi Taw Monday.

    According to an earlier report, the two countries have planned to increase the number of scholarships for Myanmar agricultural officials to study in Egypt and to promote investment by Egyptian energy companies.

    Last year, the country hosted the second bilateral consultation meeting between Myanmar and Egypt in Yangon and both sides expressed wishes on the promotion of the existing friendship and cooperation between the two countries in regional and international spheres.

    The first bilateral consultation meeting between Myanmar and Egypt was held in Cairo in March 2006 following the reaching of a memorandum of understanding between the foreign ministries there on establishing such bilateral meeting to enhance cooperation between the two countries.

    U Kyaw Thu visited Cairo then and met with his Egyptian counterpart Aly Houssam, Assistant Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs.