YANGON - MYANMAR'S reclusive junta chief was due to meet a princess from neighbouring Thailand on Monday, on the first visit by a Thai royal to the remote capital of the military-ruled nation, an official said.
Senior General Than Shwe was set to meet Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in the afternoon after she arrived in the capital Naypyidaw on a special flight from Bangkok, the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
During her three-day goodwill trip, Princess Sirindhorn, who is adored by the Thai public, was also due to visit the southern delta region to see development works in the area worst-hit Cyclone Nargis in May 2008. The cyclone killed up to 138,000 people and devastated infrastructure in the rural river belt.
The last visit of the princess to Myanmar was in 2003.
Myanmar's ruling generals moved their entire government from the economic hub Yangon to Naypyidaw in late 2005, after building the new administrative capital in secret over the previous three years. -- AFPSource :http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_502354.html
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