So said General Aung San on April 17, 1947 to a Thai delegation headed by Phraya Anuman Rajadhon in Rangoon (now Yangon). At the time, Burma and Siam - as both countries were called - did not have diplomatic relations. However, their religious delegates and scholars were in frequent contact.
Throughout her three-day trip to the Kingdom last week, Aung San Suu Kyi echoed her father's vision of Thai-Myanmar relations, pronounced nearly seven decades ago. During her stopover in Mahachai, a special lecture at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bilateral discussions at Government House as well as press briefings, she was at ease - smiling and talking about the current state of bilateral ties of a kind never before seen. A birthday cake for her, albeit five-days late, during a lunch hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, brought a surprised big smile. (Courtesy of nationmultimedia.com)
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