Yingluck to visit Burma next week

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will visit Burma next Wednesday, a well-informed Government House source said Thursday.

She will leave Bangkok in the afternoon and visit Naypyidaw, the new capital of Burma.

Yingluck will hold a discussion with Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein and will also pay a visit to Senior General Than Shwe, former chairman of defunct the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).

The source said Yingluck will also visit the Uppasanti stupa in the new capital but she has no schedule to meet Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Yingluck has no schedule to visit Rangoon and she is scheduled to return to Bangkok at midnight.

The source said Yingluck will visit Malaysia on October 11, a postponement from the initial schedule of October 3. The source said the Malaysian government was not ready to receive her that day so it asked for a postponement to October 11.

Yingluck will also visit Singapore on October 12 and visit China from October 19 to 21.