Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen met with junta head Senior General Than Shwe in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday, officials said, as the two nations moved to improve tourism links. Officials from both countries have said the focus would be trade and tourism.
Cambodian government spokesman Khieu Kanharith told AFP that Hun Sen would discuss ways of making travel easier between Myanmar and nearby Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, with possible direct flights and package tours.
"Buddhism will be the potential tourist link for these four countries -- like Cambodia, there are a lot of temples in Myanmar," Khieu Kanharith said.
These talks are hoped to spur action on a tourism agreement already signed between the two countries, but which has not been implemented yet. Tourism is a key industry in impoverished Cambodia, and tourist arrivals in Myanmar are also creeping up.
On Monday, Hun Sen met with acting premier Thein Sein and a number of officials, including the transport and foreign ministers and the deputy minister for tourism, the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper said.
Source: Asian News from AFP
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