10 Mar

Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing who is in Thailand, Pattaya at the invitation of Royal Thai Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief General Ponpipat Benyasri left Pattaya by air accompanied by his wife and Tatmadaw delegation and arrived at the Royal Thai Air Force Wing 23 headquarters in Udon Thani Province yesterday morning.

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and party were welcomed on arrival at the air force wing headquarters by Group Captain Chanawee Klinmalee and officials and then took the salute of the Royal Thai Air Force guard of honor.

From there the Senior General, wife and party went to Wat Pa Baan Tat to pay homage to chief monk Luangta Soodjai Tantamanochaya and donated offertories.

Next, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, wife and party went to the Thai-Lao border gate on the Thai-Lao border in Nong Khai Province where they were welcomed by Nong Khai Province chief administrator Mr. Rona Chai and officials. At the meeting hall, the chief administrator and an official explained about transporting consumer goods, electrical appliances and vehicles from Thailand to Laos and the status of constructing and maintaining Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge 1. Afterwards the Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief and party went on to visit the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge according to the news from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. — MNA (Translated by Zaw Min)