Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya will visit to Myanmar on Friday, with the long-running problem of drug smuggling along the Thai-Myanmar border at the top his agenda.
Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya will visit Myanmar on Friday. (Kitti Woraranchai
Gen Paiboon said on Thursday that he will meet Myanmar President Thein Sein and discuss measures to tackle the influx of illicit drugs across the border into Thailand.
His delegation includes 3rd Army commander Lt Gen Sathit Pittarat, Permpong Chaowalit, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), anti-narcotics suppression police and Mae Fa Luang Foundation secretary-general MR Disnadda Disakul.
His trip follows the recent visit by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who gave notice of the topics he wanted to discuss, said Gen Paiboon.
This included the Involvement of ethnic minority groups along the border in drug trafficking, which was a major obstacle he said.
During the visit, the Mae Fa Luang Foundation’s alternative agricultural projects will be introduced in areas which are production bases of illicit drugs, said Gen Paiboon.