Thai PM to visit Laos

Fri, 28 Apr 2000 | Source: AP

BANGKOK (AP): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai is to visit neighboring Laos on May 26 through May 28 at the invitation of his Laotian counterpart Sisavath Keobounphanh, Thai and Laotian officials said on Thursday.

Chuan's office could not yet give further details of the visit, the first by a Thai premier to the communist state since 1997. Sisavath visited Thailand in March last year.

The Nation newspaper reported that Chuan was expected to preside over the signing of a provisional electricity purchase agreement for the Nam Theun II hydropower dam, Laos' largest proposed foreign investment project.

A Laotian diplomat in Bangkok, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that a tentative agreement was reached on pricing this week between Laos and Thailand, but details have yet to be finalized.

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