Myanmar leader to visit Thailand

Myanmar leader to visit Thailand

BANGKOK (AFP): Myanmar junta leader Senior General Than Shwe will visit Thailand next month for talks with Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, a Thai official said on Monday.

Than Shwe, accompanied by Myanmar Foreign Minister Win Aung, will discuss closer cooperation on the suppression of the drug trade and border problems, including recent naval clashes in the Andaman Sea.

"Although there is no plan for an agreement to be signed during this meeting we hope to establish what we will do next to solve these kinds of problems," the official said.

Two Thai navy officers were killed while rescuing a Thai trawler from an attack by an armed vessel carrying no national flag in December last year.