Thai
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has no schedule to meet Nobel laureate and
democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi when she pays a courtesy call on Burma next
Wednesday, a government official said Thursday.
Yingluck will meet only with Burmese President
Thein Sein in the capital Naypyidaw and see only Burmese government officials
during the one-day trip, the official said.
It is just a regular official visit to
introduce herself after taking office to strengthen relations between |the two
neighbours, the official said.
As part of Asean practice for new leaders,
Yingluck has been greeting her counterparts in member countries on day trips.
Next will be Malaysia on October 11 and
Singapore on October 12, followed by non-member China from October 19-21, the
official said.
Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul
had discussed Yingluck's planned visit with his Burmese counterpart Wunna Maung
Lwin when they met in New York last week on the sidelines of the United Nations
General Assembly.
Media have speculated that Yingluck might seek
an opportunity to confer with Suu Kyi but no official has confirmed the
reports.
Suu Kyi congratulated Yingluck when she won
the July 3 election and hoped the first female prime minister of Thailand would
support efforts in Burma to install democracy and restore national unity.
The pro-democracy leader is now in the process
of making peace and reconciling with the elected Burmese government.
Suu Kyi met with Burmese President Thein Sein
in August to discuss political reform in the country, which was ruled by a
military junta for a long time.
The political situation in Burma is now
relaxed and Suu Kyi was allowed to make a political trip outside Rangoon as
well as to meet foreigners, including many high-ranking officials from the
United Nations, the United States and Europe.
News Desk
The Nation (Thailand)
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