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Thai minister aims for visit to patch Myanmar ties=20
11:10 p.m. Nov 13, 1999 Eastern=20
BANGKOK, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Thailand's foreign minister has said he aims =
to visit Myanmar (Burma) to try to patch up relations soured since a =
siege at the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok last month, news reports said on =
Sunday.=20

Surin Pitsuwan told reporters in southern Thailand on Saturday he had =
discussed a visit to Yangon with his Myanmar counterpart Win Aung when =
the latter stopped over in Bangkok on his way back from New York on =
November 4.=20

``I will go to Burma when everything is ready,'' Surin was quoted as =
saying by the Bangkok Post newspaper.=20

The Nation newspaper said Surin is expected to meet Win Aung at a =
November 25-28 summit in Manila of the Association of Southeast Asian =
Nations, to which both countries belong.=20

Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Don Pramudwinai said he believed Surin =
meant he would go to Myanmar ``if invited.''=20

``As he said, if everything is ready, if he is invited, I think he =
should be ready to visit,'' he said.=20

The Myanmar government spokesman's office said it was not immediately =
able to comment.=20

Thai-Myanmar relations have been dented since Thailand allowed five =
dissidents who took over the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok from October 1-2 =
free passage to a safe border area when they released their 89 hostages =
unharmed.=20

Myanmar has kept its border with Thailand closed since the attack and =
suspended fishing rights for Thai trawlers, causing tens of millions of =
dollars of losses to fishermen and traders.=20

Thailand's has since revived a programme to repatriate 600,000 illegal =
Myanmar workers.=20


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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT size=3D+1><STRONG>Thai minister =
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to patch Myanmar ties</STRONG></FONT> <BR>11:10 p.m. Nov 13, 1999 =
Eastern=20
<P>BANGKOK, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Thailand's foreign minister has said he =
aims to=20
visit Myanmar (Burma) to try to patch up relations soured since a siege =
at the=20
Myanmar embassy in Bangkok last month, news reports said on Sunday.=20
<P>Surin Pitsuwan told reporters in southern Thailand on Saturday he had =

discussed a visit to Yangon with his Myanmar counterpart Win Aung when =
the=20
latter stopped over in Bangkok on his way back from New York on November =
4.=20
<P>``I will go to Burma when everything is ready,'' Surin was quoted as =
saying=20
by the Bangkok Post newspaper.=20
<P>The Nation newspaper said Surin is expected to meet Win Aung at a =
November=20
25-28 summit in Manila of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, to =
which=20
both countries belong.=20
<P>Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Don Pramudwinai said he believed =
Surin meant=20
he would go to Myanmar ``if invited.''=20
<P>``As he said, if everything is ready, if he is invited, I think he =
should be=20
ready to visit,'' he said.=20
<P>The Myanmar government spokesman's office said it was not immediately =
able to=20
comment.=20
<P>Thai-Myanmar relations have been dented since Thailand allowed five=20
dissidents who took over the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok from October 1-2 =
free=20
passage to a safe border area when they released their 89 hostages =
unharmed.=20
<P>Myanmar has kept its border with Thailand closed since the attack and =

suspended fishing rights for Thai trawlers, causing tens of millions of =
dollars=20
of losses to fishermen and traders.=20
<P>Thailand's has since revived a programme to repatriate 600,000 =
illegal=20
Myanmar workers. </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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