PM Yingluck to visit Myanmar

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BANGKOK 4 October, 2011  – PM Yingluck Shinawatra is scheduled to visit Myanmar on Wednesday to introduce herself to Myanmar’s leader as Thailand’s new Prime Minister.

During the trip, PM Yingluck and President Thein Sein will discuss important issues, including promotion of trade and investment, the opening of a permanent border crossing, drug smuggling across the border and illegal labor.

PM Yingluck and President Thein Sein will also witness the presentation of meteorological equipment and the contract signing ceremony of road and the friendship bridge construction. The contract will be signed by Thai and Myanmar foreign ministers.

PM Yingluck will then join a gala dinner hosted by the Myanmar leader and will return to the country on the same day. She has also planned to visit Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and China later this month.