Myanmar, Thailand to fight drugs

Mon, 14 May 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: REUTERS

BANGKOK (Reuters): Thailand said on Sunday that its
relationship with Myanmar remained good and the neighboring
country would cooperate closely with Thailand to fight drug
production and trafficking.

Thammarak Isarangura, a Thai minister in the Prime Minister's
Office, held a meeting on Friday with Khin Nyunt, the powerful
Secretary One of Myanmar's ruling State Peace and Development
Council government.

Following the meeting, held on the sidelines of the United
Nations-sponsored drug conference, the two countries agreed to
hold a joint-committee meeting to discuss ways to solve the drugs
problem, Thammarak said. The meeting date has yet to be set,
however.

Thailand has been urging Myanmar's military government to help
stem the estimated 700 million methamphetamine tablets flooding
across the border from Myanmar every year.

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