YANGON, March 25 Kyodo Chinese Vi...

YANGON, March 25 Kyodo

Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi called onward the chairman of Myanmar's junta, the State Peace and growth Council (SPDC), at the parliament building Thursday.

No details of the meeting with Sr Gen Than Shwe were immediately released.

The vice premier, accompanied by way of officials and entrepreneurs, arrived in Yangon onward Tuesday at the invitation of the SPDC First Secretary Lt Gen Soe Win. She will leave for the Maldives from Mandalay upon Saturday.

Wu Yi met Gen Khin Nyunt the prime minister, Wednesday and the pair witnessed signing of 21 agreements onward economic and technical assistance, including a low-interest Chinese loan.

The Chinese delegation was to leave for the ancient city Bagan in central Myanmar forward Thursday evening, go to Mandalay and then leave for the Maldives.

Wu Yi visited Laos and Cambodia before her arrival in Myanmar.

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