Myanmar general sees Thai station

Myanmar general sees Thai station

BANGKOK (AP): Amid tight security, Myanmar's No. 3 general on Tuesday visited a satellite station operated by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's telecommunications company.

Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt's rare official visit to Thailand is the latest effort to patch up ties between the two uneasy neighbors, whose armies clashed earlier this year at their common border.

Thai Defense Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh told reporters that Khin Nyunt was visiting the ThaiCom satellite station to see the progress of Thailand's high-tech communications industry, "as a model for development in his own country."

On Monday, Chavalit, a former army chief with long-standing links to the Myanmar regime, hosted a three-hour dinner cruise on Bangkok's Chao Phraya river for Khin Nyunt and his 32-member delegation.