Myanmar-Thai ties 'back to normal'

Myanmar-Thai ties 'back to normal'

YANGON (AFP): Relations between Myanmar and Thailand are returning to normal after a rocky period where opposition groups attempted to "destroy" the friendship, a senior member of Myanmar's junta said on Tuesday.

The regime's number three, Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, said Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's visit earlier this month helped heal the rift.

On his return from Myanmar, Thaksin said the troubled bilateral relationship would be back to normal "within two months".

During his visit the two countries signed an agreement to cooperate more closely in fighting rampant drug trafficking along their border, the issue that sparked off months of turmoil between the neighbors.