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Secretary-1 to meet Thaksin in Bangkok SECRETARY 1 of the State Peace and Development Council, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, travels to Thailand this week for a visit which comes amid a further strengthening of bilateral relations. Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt is making the three-day visit beginning Monday as a guest of Defence Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. While in Bangkok he will hold talks with Prime Minister Thaksin Shi-nawatra. "It’s likely that discussions will cover the development of military ties between Thailand and Myanmar and border trade," Thai foreign ministry spokesman Norachit Singhaseni said last week. Bilateral relations were affected by a border dispute last February but improved an inaugural visit to Myanmar by Thaksin last June. Chavalit, who has close ties with the Myanmar government, declared in July after a visit to Yangon that relations had been normalized. On Tuesday, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt will be granted an audience with Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej at his seaside palace in Hua Hin, south of Bangkok. Secretary 1 will also meet Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai during the trip. – AFP |
Golden hopes for SEA Games By Win Lwin Aung MYANMAR has high hopes for gold medals in more than 10 sports at the 21st SEA Games which open today in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Sports Ministry officials told the Myanmar Times that the national team has a strong chance of gold medal performances in swimming, rowing, boxing, women’s weight-lifting, wushu, archery, sepak takraw, taekwondo, volleyball, women’s soccer and shooting. The Myanmar football team is also expected to perform well. The team’s chief coach, David Booth, said the team would make every effort to realise the expectations of its millions of fans. "We are going to try our best to defeat our rivals and win," Mr Booth said. "Every player is in peak condition," he said. The Myanmar football team was knocked out in the group matches at previous SEA Games. Myanmar has sent more than 400 athletes, coaches and managers to the bi-annual Games, which are played over two weeks. Brunei hosted the previous SEA Games. |
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