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Thailand to investigate clash on Thai-Burma border
Thailand's Foreign Minister, Surakiart Sathirathai, says the facts surrounding a clash on the Thai-Burma border are disputed and need further verification by each country.
Mr Surakiart was responding to claims by Burma's ruling military junta that a clash on March 25, which left one Thai soldier dead and another injured, occurred outside Thailand.
According to the Thai government, the United Wa State Army, an ethnic militia allied with Rangoon, attacked a Thai army unit who were sweeping a border area in Chiang Mai province prior to a royal visit there.
The minister said Thailand was satisfied with Rangoon's response to a Thai protest letter issued over the attack, but not with their dispute over where the incident occurred.
Burma's ruling military junta maintains that the Wa did not cross into Thai territory.
Instead it said the Wa soldiers and combined forces of the Shan State Army and Thai security forces had travelled about 900 metres inside Burmese territory.
04/04/2002 05:08:37 | ABC Radio Australia News
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