Mizzima News

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - Two South Korean legislators will visit Burma on Friday to convey President Lee Myung Bak’s message and to invite representatives from the military junta for the forthcoming meeting between South Korea and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Mr. Huh Tae Yeol and Mr. Cho Hae Jin, who commenced their Southeast Asian trip to Thailand on Wednesday, will arrive in Burma on Friday on a two-day visit. The two legislators are scheduled to meet Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein, an official at the South Korean embassy in Rangoon said.  

Mr. Kwong Jae Hwan, the first secretary of South Korean embassy in Rangoon said, “The two legislators are visiting Burma mainly to invite Burmese government representatives to the ASEAN meeting in South Korea and also to present the President’s felicitation”.

The two legislators will reach Rangoon on May 8 and will visit Naypyitaw, Burma’s new jungle capital, on May 9.

“They will visit Naypyitaw and meet the Prime Minister and will return to Rangoon on May 9. I don’t think they will have time to visit South Korean companies, which are engaged in exploration of natural gas in Burma,” the first secretary added.

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak has despatched 10 representatives to ASEAN countries with invitations for the ASEAN-South Korean meeting to be held on Jeju Island on June 2 and 3.