Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Burma requests Thai PM to postpone visit

 
by Mizzima News
Tuesday, 28 July 2009 19:11

New Delhi (Mizzima) - The military junta has requested Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to postpone his trip to Burma by two to three weeks due to internal politics and the weather, the Bangkok Post reported.

Abhisit Vejjajiva's official visit to Burma was earlier scheduled for Friday, July 31. However, the Burmese ambassador to Thailand requested for a postponement citing internal politics and the weather, the report quoted the PM's deputy secretary-general Panithan Watthanayakorn as saying.