Myanmar bans poultry imports from India

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YANGON, Aug 4 (AFP): Military-ruled Myanmar has banned poultry imports from India following an outbreak of bird flu last month in the neighbouring country, state media said today.
The ban was effective Saturday, the Mirror newspaper said, without giving details on how much poultry Myanmar imports from India.
Myanmar is under Western economic sanctions over its human rights abuses, including the house arrest of 62-year-old democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but the junta has close economic and diplomatic ties with India.
India reported an outbreak of bird flu among poultry in late July, the first since it declared itself free of the deadly disease last August.