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.