Lao Vice-President Visits MyanmarNewly-elected Lao Vice-President Lieutenant-General Choummaly Sayasone arrived here Thursday on a three-day official visit to Myanmar.Sayasone is here at the invitation of Myanmar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Military Affairs Lieutenant-General Tin Hla. Last year saw some exchanges of high-level visits between Myanmar and Laos. In August, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad visited Yangon, during which the two countries held the Fifth Meeting of their Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation and discussed issues concerning promotion of their existing traditional friendship and cooperation, and some regional and international issues. In December last year, Vice-Chairman of the Myanmar State Peace and Development Council General Maung Aye toured Vientiane, during which a protocol on border trade pursuant to the trade agreement between Myanmar and Laos was signed. On that occasion, the two countries also announced the establishment of Lao-Myanmar and Myanmar-Lao Friendship Associations in their respective capitals. Myanmar and Laos are also cooperating in drug control, having an agreement on preventing trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances, and on controlling banned chemical substances. |
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