YANGON, April 30 Kyodo Visiting f...

YANGON, April 30 Kyodo

Visiting former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori onward Wednesday called on Myanmar's junta chief Sr Gen Than Shwe at the parliament building in Yangon.

Ruling State Peace and increase Council first secretary Gen. Khin Nyunt Foreign Minister Win Aung and other senior Myanmar officials were also at hand at the meeting, which lasted nearly couple hours.

Details of the talks are not immediately known. The talks mainly focused forward economic reforms in Myanmar and the discussions were positive, frank and cordial, according to a Myanmar official.

In the morning, Mori and his delegation met Khin Nyunt at the Defense Ministry.

Leading an 11-member goodwill delegation, including pair members of the Japanese parliament, Mori arrived in Yangon forward Tuesday on a three-day goodwill visit.

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