Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets Thai ex-Prime Minister in PyinOoLwin
Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 11:22
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing held a meeting with Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in PyinOoLwin, a beautiful hill town in Mandalay on April 16 (the last day of Myanmar water festival), said in the context posted on Facebook account of Thaksin.
Thaksin mentioned nothing as to prevailing economic, political and social conditions in Myanmar. The photograph showed that the former Thai Prime Minister sprinkled water on Senior General Min Aung Hlaing with the use of a wet long leaf ofThabyay, a symbol of victory in the future.
The ousted Thai Premier wrote in Thai that he expressed delights at seeing the Senior General and happening to the participation in Myanmar Buddhists' New Year, its observance known as the water festival or Thingyan.
He also wrote that he visited the hill town for the first time and he liked its weather very much and fell into a sound sleep.
The former Thai PM also met with President Thein Sein in November last year, holding discussions on Myanmar's political and economic reforms, future prospects of ASEAN and regional matters.
Thaksin, elder brother of current Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, on March 21, flew to Dawei in Myanmar, where a special economic zone is planned and the multimillion-dollar Dawei deep-sea port project has been under construction.
He visited Maungmaganboat island and Longlonboat island as well as Dawei deep seaport and stopped over for the night there.
His visit to PyinOoLwin seems to buy a property there [PyinOoLwin) and he may invest in the islands of Dawei. The Singaporean businessmen are expressing interests in the construction of the resorts, sources said.
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2013/04/19/senior-general-min-aung-hlaing-meets-thai-ex-prime-minister-in-pyinoolwin/
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