Senior General Than Shwe sees off Prime Minister General Thein Sein on departure for Laos to attend Third GMS Summit

NAY PYI TAW, 29 March - Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe saw off Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Thein Sein at Nay Pyi Taw airport at 10 am today. At the invitation of Mr Bouasone Bo-uphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Prime Minister General Thein Sein left here for Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic by special flight to attend the Third Greater Mekong Sub-region Summit (GMS Summit) to be held from 30 to 31 March 2008.
Together with the Senior General at the airport were Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, member of SPDC General Thura Shwe Mann of the Ministry of Defence, Secretary-1 of SPDC Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, members of SPDC Lt-Gen Maung Bo, Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of Ministry of Defence, Lt-Gen Myint Hlaing, Maj-Gen Tha Aye and Maj-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defence, Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, senior military officers, Director-General of SPDC Office Col Kyaw Kyaw Win and departmental officials and Charge d' Affaires ai Mr Thongkhoun Sengphachan of the embassy of the LPDR and officials.
Prime Minister General Thein Sein was accompanied by Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, Minister for National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha and Director-General of Government's Office Col Thant Shin and departmental heads and officials.