Myanmar reopens Thai border

Thu, 25 Nov 1999 | Source: REUTERS

MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters): Myanmar reopened its border with Thailand on Wednesday, nearly eight weeks after closing it to trade following an attack on its embassy in Bangkok by armed dissidents.

The reopening of the 2,400 km border came a day after Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan went to Yangon for talks with top officials of Myanmar's ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).

Thai officials said that after Myanmar soldiers allowed cross- border movement, hundreds of Myanmar people flocked to immigration offices at border towns to apply for passes and crossed into Thailand.

Immigration officials at Thailand's northwestern border town of Mae Sai in Chiang Rai and Ranong provinces also said border trading had resumed.

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