YANGON, June 4 Kyodo Myanmar will...

YANGON, June 4 Kyodo

Myanmar will quickly launch military operations against the Shan United Revolutionary Army (SURA) rebels with the aim of reoccupying four border surveillance outpost not to be found to the rebels last month a military control official said Tuesday.

''There is no intention of intruding into or provoking Thailand. Our objective is barely to reoccupy our lost outposts'' substitute Intelligence Chief Maj. Kyaw Win told a pres parley adding the Thai military attache in Yangon will be informed of the plan.

Border tension between the pair countries has escalated since May 20 when Yangon accused the Thai army of firing artillery shells into its territory to support a military offensive launched by the agency of the Shan rebels onward Myanmar army outposts.

Four Myanmar border surveillance outpost -- Pan Mai Son Nyuang Bin Gone Pan Gantgaw and Yan Paing Son -- were attacked and occupied by dint of the SURA rebels.

''We have always seriously tried to avoid any moot point because we want to maintain friendly relations and peaceful situations in border areas. We are announcing this in advance to avoid misunderstanding and to retain our friendship with our neighbor,'' Kyaw Win said.

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