Myanmar and the United States have signed an agreement on cooperation between counter-narcotic agencies in the opium yield survey, official media reported Friday.

The agreement was signed by Myanmar Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin and U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Derek Mitchell in Nay Pyi Taw Thursday, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar said.

Under the agreement, Myanmar and the U.S. will resume carrying out a joint opium yield survey in early 2013 and reestablish channels of cooperation on counter-narcotics issues as a means of assisting law enforcement of Myanmar in addressing the production and trafficking of opium and combating transnational crimes.

Myanmar and the U.S. have already conducted joint opium yield survey for 10 times, However, the work was suspended after 2004 until it is to be resumed this year.

Meanwhile, Myanmar vowed to continue to fight drug in 2013 under a revised 15-year drug eradication plan (1999-2014) which has been extended for another five years until 2019 to maintain the momentum of war against drug.

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