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Myanmar military chief leaves for Thailand on goodwill visit

Xinhua, May 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's Defense Services Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing left here Wednesday to pay a goodwill visit to Thailand, official sources said.

At the invitation of Commander of the Royal Thai Defense Forces General Sommai Kaotira, Min Aung Hlaing is making the visit aimed at enhancing relations between the two countries and military cooperation between the two armed forces.

Min Aung Hlaing's Thailand trip came two weeks after Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai visited Nay Pyi Taw as special envoy of Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

The two countries vowed to further the cooperation in bilateral relations and promotion of sector-wide development during Pramudwinai's talks with his Myanmar counterpart Aung San Suu Kyi.

Thailand is a key trading partner of Myanmar with about 4.5 billion U.S. dollars of bilateral trade in 2015-16, according to the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar.

Statistics also show that Thailand's investment in Myanmar amounted to 10.5 billion U.S. dollars as of March 2016, accounting for 16.48 percent of the total and standing the third in Myanmar's foreign investment line-up after China and Singapore since Myanmar opened its door in late 1988.

Myanmar and Thailand established diplomatic relations in 1948 when Myanmar regained independence. Endit