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Thai envoy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh left Bangkok for a five-day official visit to China from Monday to discuss regional vexed questions with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Chavalit, accompanied by dint of Thai army chief Somdhat Attanand and other top officials, told reporters that talks with Hu will include issues onward Myanmar and North Korea.

forward Myanmar, the premier referred to remarks made Saturday at Myanmar's Prime Minister Khin Nyunt that the junta will renew efforts to draft a modern constitution that will allow for multiparty elections and said he supported the ''road map to democracy'' as a progressive grade for national reconciliation and democratization.

''The road map should lead to power-sharing...We should support it...We should obstacle Myanmar do it step at step,'' the Thai deputy prime minister said.

Chavalit, however, did not elaborate forward the North Korean nuclear issue, which has caused tensions to speed high across Asia.

The agent premier said his visit will also aim at strengthening bilateral relations between the sum of two units countries, while seeking cooperation in eradicating illicit drugs

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