Thailand, Myanmar to fight drugs

Wed, 10 Mar 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

BANGKOK (AFP): Myanmar and Thailand announced on Tuesday a
joint crackdown on drugs to meet a deadline to eliminate drug
trafficking and drug use in the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN).

The agreement was made during meetings in northern Thailand
between Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekapi and his Myanmar
counterpart Senior General Than Shwe, who departed here on
Tuesday.

"They agreed to intensify the cooperation and coordination of
law enforcement efforts with the aim of achieving the total
eradication of illicit drug production, processing, trafficking
and use in ASEAN by the year 2020," a joint statement issued here
said.

Myanmar joined ASEAN in 1997 despite protests from many
western nations which allege gross human rights violations and
say the ruling junta in Myanmar is profiting from the drug trade.

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