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Ties with Burma junta 'necessary'

General Surayud Chulanont says it is still necessary to build up personal
relationships with the Burmese military junta.
The army commander-in-chief, who is due to visit Rangoon in February, said
yesterday he knew Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, the intelligence chief and
secretary-general of State Peace and Devolopment Council, personally.
He added he had once met Gen Than Shwe, chairman of teh council, during the
latter's visit to the Lop Buri special force centre which he commanded.
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