Chair of SAC and Chief of Defence Forces of the Royal Thai Armed Forces talks through video conferencing

· Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd

Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) Senior General Min Aung Hlaing held talks with Chief of Defence Forces General Songwit Noonpackdee of the Royal Thai Armed Forces via videoconferencing on December 12.

Also present at the talks were Lt-Gen Ye Win Oo of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and officials. Air Chief Marshal Chakorn Tawanjang and officials also accompanied the Chief of Defence Forces of the Royal Thai Armed Forces.

They exchanged views on further enhancement of relations and friendly ties as well as cooperation between the two countries and the two armed forces. They also emphasized cooperation in the secure and smooth process of border trade between the two countries on political trends and the armed forces on security trends, in drug eradication and counter-terrorism, eradication of illegal trade, exchange of information, and efforts for ensuring peace and stability in border areas of both countries, in eradicating online gambling and online scams near Myawady of the Myanmar-Thai border area.

They also discussed jointly the prevention of forest fire and trans-boundary haze pollution at the Myanmar-Laos-Thai border areas and cooperation between the governments of both countries and two armed forces on a broader scale.

 

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