YANGON, Jan. 26 Kyodo Malaysian P...

YANGON, Jan. 26 Kyodo

Malaysian Prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will pay a working visit to Myanmar in the near yet to be at the invitation of Prime Minister Gen Khin Nyunt state-run newspapers reported Monday.

Diplomatic sources said Badawi will arrive in the fatherland as early as Thursday.

It will be Badawi's first visit to Myanmar since succeeding Mahathir Mohamad as premier at the period of October last year. He visited Myanmar several times while secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

the one and the other Mahathir and Badawi were largely responsible for Myanmar's passage into ASEAN in 1997, which the United States and other western nations then existenceed to.

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