YANGON, April 11 Kyodo Thai Forei...

YANGON, April 11 Kyodo

Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai held talks with Prime Minister Gen Khin Nyunt at the Defense Ministry forward Saturday evening shortly after his arrival in Yangon forward a secret visit.

Surakiert, accompanied by way of few aides, arrived in the Myanmar capital at special aircraft.

promptly after his arrival, his motorcade was seen entering the Foreign Ministry and left there after more than couple hours before stopping at the inn Nikko for few hours.

When approached according to Kyodo News at the inn the Thai foreign minister said, ''I am going to come together the prime Minister now'' before riding in the waiting car.

His motorcade was seen entering the Defense Ministry at 7 pm and left the ministry the same hour later for Yangon International Airport and the special aircraft left for Bangkok.

Diplomats in Yangon said they believe Surakiart's concealed visit is concerned with a Thai government-sponsored international forum forward Myanmar known as ''Bangkok Process'' to begin April 29 in Bangkok.

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