Vientiane, 3January 2018
H.E.Mr. Alain Berset
President of the Swiss Confederation
In Bern
Your Excellency,
On behalf of the people of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and on my own behalf, I have the great pleasure to extend my heartfelt congratulations and warmest wishes to Your Excellency and through Your Excellency to the people of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on the auspicious occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Vientiane, 25 December 2017
Your Excellency,
I have learned of a tropical storm Tembin, hit the southern part of the Philippines on the 22nd December 2017, causing tremendous loss of lives and extensive damage to properties of the people of the Philippines.