Thai PM plans first Myanmar visit next month

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BANGKOK, July 9 (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday he would pay his first official visit to Myanmar next month, ahead of rare elections in the military-run country.
"Arrangements are being made for a one or two day visit," Abhisit told reporters.
Abhisit did not disclose who he would meet during the early August trip but said it would kick off a round of overseas engagements aimed at explaining the political situation in Thailand in the wake of deadly opposition protests.
The Thai premier had planned to travel to Myanmar last July, but the visit was postponed because it would have coincided with the trial of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi over an incident in which a US man swam to her lakeside home.