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Thai Foreign Minister starts fence-mending visit to Burma
Thailand and Burma are moving to halt a sharp deterioration in relations.
Thailand's Foreign Minister, Surakiart Sathirathai, has arrived in the capital Rangoon for his first official visit to Burma and a meeting with his counterpart, Win Aung and the junta's influential chief of military intelligence, Lieutenant-General Khin Nyunt.
Souring relations is the angry war of words that has raged between Thailand and Burma since February, when fighting between rival ethnic militias along the border sparked a rare clash between the national armies.
Since then, Thailand has accused Burma of failing to clamp down on the border drugs trade, rated as the nation's number-one national security threat.
The meeting between the two foreign ministers is seen as an opportunity to clear the air and prevent the spat from developing into a more serious dispute.
1/05/01 21:16:31 | ABC Radio Australia News
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