Diplomatic Trips

To Burma (2003)

Date	Representing	Person	Position	Detail
Jan 9	Thailand	Thaksin Shinawatra	Prime Minister	Held discussions with Sr-Gen Than Shwe on issues such as business, refugees, drugs and armed ethnic groups on a one-day visit.
Jan 14	China	Li Lanqing	Vice Premier of the State Council	Met with Sec-1 Gen Khin Nyunt and discussed mutual economic cooperation.
Jan 16	Thailand	Phinij Jarusombat	Science and Technology Minister	Attended the 2nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology in Rangoon.
Jan 16	Singapore	Vivian Balakrishnan	Science and Technology Minister	Attended the 2nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology in Rangoon.
Jan 16	Thailand	Adisai Bodharamik	Minister of Commerce	Met with Sec-1 Gen Khin Nyunt and Minister of Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi Sone.
Jan 20	Japan	Hitoshi Tanaka	Deputy Foreign Minister	Met with Sec-1 Gen Khin Nyunt.
Jan 31	Thailand	Gen Somdhat Attanand	Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces	Met with top military leaders, including Sr-Gen Than Shwe, and pledged friendly relations in the future.
Feb 9	Thailand	Thaksin Shinawatra	Prime Minister	Met with Sr-Gen Than Shwe and Sec-1 Gen Khin Nyunt. Talk on tourism development topped the agenda.
Feb 17	Vietnam	Sr Lt-Gen Pham Vam Tra	Defence Minister	Met with Sr-Gen Than Shwe.
Feb 23	Malaysia	Dr Lim Keng Yaik	Primary Industry Minister	Met with Sec-1 Gen Khin Nyunt and Commerce Minister Brig-Gen Pyi Sone.
March 10	Thailand	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn	NA	Met with top leaders in the military and visited key places in Rangoon and others areas of the country.
March 19	Bangladesh	Begum Khaleda Zia	Prime Minister	Met with Sr-Gen Than Shwe and signed several agreements, mostly on trade and transport links.
March 19	United Nations	Paolo Sergio Pinheiro	Human Rights Rapporteur	Met with Sec-1 Gen Khin Nyunt, Foreign Minister Win Aung and Aung San Suu Kyi. He also met with political prisoners at Insein prison, but was shocked to find a microphone hidden in the room where he was conducting interviews. He lodged an official complaint with authorities and cut his trip short.
March 30	ASEAN	Ong Keng Yong	Secretary-General	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe and ministers, including Minister for Foreign Affairs Win Aung.
April 1	Indonesia	Dr N Hassan Wirajuda	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe and Foreign Minister Win Aung.

From Burma (2003)

Date	Visited	Person	Position	Detail
Jan 6	China	Sr-Gen Than Shwe	Head of State	Accompanied by his wife, Daw Kyaing Kyaing, Than Shwe went to Beijing on a State visit.
Jan 19	India	Win Aung	External Affairs Minister	Official visit to New Delhi.
Jan 25	Belgium	Khin Maung Win	Deputy Foreign Minister	Attended the 14th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting, held on 27-28 January in Brussels.
March 1	Bangladesh	Win Aung	Foreign Minister	Met with Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and her counterpart, M Morshed Khan to discuss on trade, road links between the two countries and refugees in Bangaladesh.
March 6	Sri Lanka	Brig-Gen David Abel	Minister at the Office of the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council	Attended the fourth BIMST-EC Commerce and Economic Ministers' Meeting in Colombo.
March 15	Vietnam	Sr-Gen Than Shwe	Head of State	Met with President Tran Duc Luong and PM Phan Van Khai.
March 18	Malaysia	Win Aung	Foreign Minister	Attended the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Informal Meeting, held on March 18-20.

To Burma (2002)

Date	Representing	Person	Title	Details
Jan 18	Thailand	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Defense Minister	Met with Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt at a trade fair in Tachilek, on the Thai-Burma border. Both leaders co-chaired the ceremony, intended to boost bilateral trade and friendship.
Jan 20	China	Wang Zhongyu	Secretary General of the State Council	Met with Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
Feb 6	Thailand	Dr Surakiart Sathirathai	Foreign Minister	Met with Gen Maung Aye, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Foreign Minister Win Aung. Discussed the illegal drug trade, migrant labor, displaced persons, trade, fisheries and tourism during a two-day trip.
Feb 7	Thailand	Admiral Narong Yuthavong	Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces	Met with Gen Maung Aye during a goodwill visit until Feb 9.
Feb 10	United Nations	Prof Paulo Sergio Pinheiro	Human Rights Rapporteur	Met with the top military leaders, Aung San Suu Kyi, ethnic leaders and some political prisoners separately during a 10-day human rights investigation.
Feb 28	ICRC	Jean-Michel Monod	ICRC delegate	Met with Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
April 4	China	Li Yong	Assistant Finance Minister	Met with Finance and Revenue Minister Khin Maung Thein.
April 6	India	Jaswant Singh	External Affairs Minister	Attended the India-Burma-Thailand Ministerial Meeting on Transport Linkages in Rangoon. Met with Foreign Minister Win Aung.
April 6	Thailand	Dr Surakiart Sathirathai	Foreign Minister	Attended India-Burma-Thailand Ministerial Meeting on Transport Linkages in Rangoon. Met with Foreign Minister Win Aung.
April 23	United Nations	Razali Ismail	Special Envoy	Held discussions with military leaders, including Sr-Gen Than Shwe, and Aung San Suu Kyi separately on prospects for reconciliation.
April 27	Thailand	Gen Sanankajornklam	General Secretary of Thai-Burma Cultural and Economic Cooperation Association	Met with Lt-Gen Kyaw Than (Retd), president of the Thai-Burma Cultural and Economic Cooperation Association.
April 28	Thailand	Khachadpai Burusapatana	General Secretary of National Security Council	Met with Foreign Minister Win Aung and Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win.
May 5	Vietnam	Tran Duc Luong	President	Met with Sr-Gen Than Shwe and Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt on a goodwill trip.
Aug 3	Japan	Yoriko Kawaguchi	Foriegn Minister	Met with Sr-Gen Than Shwe, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Aung San Suu Kyi separately to discuss the reconciliation process and foreign assistance. She was the first Japanese Foreign Minister to visit Burma in 19 years.
Aug 5	Thailand	Dr Surakiart Sathirathai	Foreign Minister	Met with Sr-Gen Than Shwe and Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt to mend damaged relations following skirmishes on the Thai-Burma border.
Aug 6	Bhutan	Lyonpo Jigmi Y Thinley	Foreign Minister	Met with Foreign Minister Win Aung.
Aug 18	Malaysia	Mahathir Mohamad	Prime Minister	Met with Sr-Gen Than Shwe to discuss economic issues. This was Mahathir's third official visit and he stayed for two days.
Aug 25	Bangladesh	Barrister Nazmul Huda	Transport Minister	Met with National Planning and Economic Development Minister U Soe Tha.
Sept 16	India	Lt-Gen SJS Saighal	Master General of Ordnance	Met with Gen Maung Aye.
Oct 2	Australia	Alexander Downer	Foreign Minister	Met with Gen Khin Nyunt and Aung San Suu Kyi separately with concerns on stalled talks between the SPDC and NLD. He was in Burma for two days, it was the first visit by a high-ranking Australian diplomat in nearly 20 years.
Oct 17	United Nations	Prof Paulo Sergio Pinheiro	Human Rights Rapporteur	During his trip to assess human rights, Pinheiro met separately with the top military, opposition and ethnic leaders. He also met with political prisoners in Rangoon and Mon State. But he cancelled his trip to Shan State to investigate allegations published in "License to Rape". He was in Burma until Oct 28.
Nov 11	Thailand	Tej Bunnag	Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Met with Foreign Minister Win Aung.
Nov 14	Malaysia	Dato' Chua Jui Meng	Health Minister	Met with Gen Khin Nyunt.
Nov 20	Bangladesh	M Morshed Khan	Foreign Minister	Met with Sr-Gen Than Shwe and Foreign Minister Win Aung.
Nov 25	India	Kanwal Sibal	Foreign Secretary	Met with Gen Khin Nyunt and Foreign Minister Win Aung.
Dec 2	ASEAN	Rodolfo C Severino Jr	Secretary-General	Met with Gen Maung Aye.
Dec 5	China	Zhang Wenkang	Health Minister	Met with Gen Khin Nyunt.
Dec 11	Korea	Kim Sung-Ho	Health Minister	Met with Gen Khin Nyunt.
Dec 11	Laos	Dr Ponemek Dalaloy	Health Minister	Met with Gen Khin Nyunt.
Dec 28	Thailand	Lt-Gen Udomchai Ongkasing	Commander of Third Army	Met with Gen Maung Aye.

From Burma (2002)

Date	Visited	Person	Title	Details
Jan 7	Thailand	Win Aung	Foreign Minister	Met with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai. The two foreign minsters discussed issues to do with migrant workers and trade. Win Aung attended a two-day meeting of the Thai-Burma Joint Commission, which had been stalled for two years.
Feb 27	Indonesia	Khin Maung Thein	Finance and Revenue Minister	Attended an ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting.
March 6	Thailand	Khin Maung Win	Deputy Foreign Minister	Attended the fifth meeting of Myanmar-Thailand Joint Boundary Committee in Bangkok. Boundaries between Thailand and Burma were discussed.
March 17	Mexico	Khin Maung Thein	Finance and Revenue Minister	Attended the International Conference on Financing for Development, organized by the United Nations until March 22.
March 18	Thailand	Brig-Gen Pyi Sone	Commerce Minister	Attended the Third Myanmar-Thai Joint Trade Commission meeting held in Bangkok over two days.
April 9	Nepal	Lt-Gen Tin Ngwe	Cooperatives Minister	Attended the Asia-Pacific Region Cooperative Minister's Conference.
April 23	Thailand	Gen Maung Aye	Vice-Chairman of the SPDC and Cice-Commander-in-Chief	Discussed drugs, trade and tourism issues with Prime Minister Thaksin.
May 15	The United States	Tin Winn	Labor Miniser	Attended the 27th United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children in New York from 8 to 11 May.
May 31	Singapore	Khin Maung Win	Deputy Foreign Minister	Attended the Asia Security Conference organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.
June 2	China	Aung Thaung	Minister of Industry-1	Studied issues relating to a new factories projects to be implemented by the Ministry of Industry-1.
July 27	Brunei	Win Aung	Foreign Minister	Attended the 35th ASEAN Foreign Minister's Meeting, ASEAN Foreign Minister's Informal Meeting, the third ASEAN+3 Foreign Minister's Meeting, the ninth ASEAN Regional Forum until Aug 1.
Aug 8	Cambodia	Khin Maung Win	Deputy Foreign Minister	Attended the fourth ministerial level meeting of ASEAN-Mekong Basin Development Cooperation Program until 10 Aug.
Aug 10	Japan	Brig-Gen Abel	Minister at the SPDC Chairman's Office	Attended the Ministerial Coordination Meeting on East Asia Region Development Program among ASEAN countries and China, South Korea and Japan for two days.
Aug 25	The Philippines	Brig-Gen Thein Zaw	Communications Minister	Attended the second meeting of ASEAN Telecommunications Ministers on Aug 27 and 28.
Aug 31	South Africa	Win Aung	Foreign Minister and Chairman of the National Commission for Environmental Affairs	Attended the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) from Sept 2 to 4 in Johannesburg.
Sept 10	South Africa	Win Aung	Foreign Minister	Attended the WSSD in Johannesburg and also attended the 57th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Sept 11	Brunei	Brig-Gen Abel	Minister at the SPDC Chairman's Office	Attended the 34th Meeting of ASEAN Economic Ministers and other meetings from 11 to 15 Sept.
Sept 14	Indonesia	Tin Win	Labor Minister	Attended the two-day annual meeting of US-ASEAN Business Council.
Sept 22	Indonesia	Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe	Transport Minister	Attended the 8th ASEAN Transport Minister's Meeting in Jakarta.
Sept 24	Thailand	Win Aung	Foreign Minister	Met with Prime Minister Thaksin and Foreign Minister Surakiart to discuss battered bilateral ties and the reopening of border checkpoints, which were closed in May.
Nov 3	Cambodia	Sr-Gen Than Shwe	Head of State	Attended the first Greater Mekong Sub-region Summit, the eighth ASEAN Summit and the ASEAN Heads of State/Government. He also attended high level summits with heads-of-state from China, Japan, India and South Korea in Phnom Penh until Nov 5.
Dec 17	Bangladesh	Sr-Gen Than Shwe	Head of State	Visited Bangladesh for two days to discuss trade and refugees from Arakan State in Bangladesh.

To Burma (2001)

Date	Country	Person	Position	Detail
3-Jan-2001	Malaysia	Mahathir Mohamad	Prime Minister	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe, Chairman of the SPDC and Commander- in-Chief of Defence Services, to discuss bilateral cooperation between Burma and Malaysia.
5-Jan-2001	Malaysia	Razali Ismail	Special Envoy for the United Nations	Met with Aung San Suu Kyi for two hours. The aim of the meeting was to ease tensions and start a political dialogue between Burma's junta and the pro-democracy NLD party. This was his third trip to Burma, and it lasted for five days.
17-Jan-2001	India	Sushil Kumar	Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee of India Navy	Met with Gen Maung Aye. Stayed for two days.
17-Jan-2001	China	Jia Chunwang	Minister of Public Security of the People's Republic of China	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
28-Jan-2001	European Union	Five representatives from Sweden, Belgium and the EU Commission and EU Council	EU mission	During their three-day visit they met Secretary 1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Foreign Minister Win Aung, to press the junta to move towards democracy. They also talked with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi about national reconciliation between the NLD and the junta.
1-Feb-2001	Thailand	Lt Gen Winai Phattiyakul	Director of Joint Intelligence, Supreme Command Headquarters of Royal Thai Armed Forces	Met with Secretary-1 Lt Gen Khin Nyunt.
14-Feb-2001	India	Shri Jaswant Singh	Minister of External Affairs	Met with the military officials, including Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung.
16-Feb-2001	Nepal	Mr Chakra Prasad Bastola	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe.
26-Feb-2001	Nepal	Ms Chitra Lekha Yadev	Deputy Speaker of Lower House of Parliament	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, U Win Aung the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein.
26-Feb-2001	United States	Mr Ralph Boyce	Deputy Assistant Secretary of State	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung. Also talked with NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi and members of the NLD executive committee.
2-Mar-2001	Malaysia	Dato Abdul Kadir Bin Haji Sheikh Fadzir	Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
29-Mar-2001	Lao	Choummaly Sayasone	Vice-President	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe and Secretary-1 Lt.Gen Khin Nyunt.
4-Apr-2001	UN	Paulo Sergio Pinheiro	UN special rapportuer	Met with top junta officials on his first three-day visit. Also talked with senior NLD members, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
4-Apr-2001l	Thailand	Watanachi Chimuanwong	Commanding General of 3rd Army Area of Royal Thai Army	Met with General Maung Aye and Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
20-Apr-2001	Malaysia	Dato Azzuddin Bin Ahmad	Director General of Defence Intelligence Staff Division of Malaysia, Lt-Gen	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
23-Apr-2001	Malaysia	Mr Zainal Abidin Bakar	Director of Information Division and Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Minister for Foreign Affairs Win Aung.
25-Apr-2001	China	General Fu Quangyou	Chief of General Staff Headquarters, People’s Liberation Army of PRC	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe and Gen Maung Aye.
25-Apr-2001	Lao	Mr Davone Vangvichith	Vice-Chairman of the People’s Supreme Court	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Minister for Foreign Affairs Win Aung and Chief Justice Aung Toe.
29-Apr-2001	ASEAN		Foreign Ministers	Arrived in Rangoon to attend ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat and met with Sen Gen Than Shwe, Gen Maung Aye and Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
1-May-2001	Pakistan	Pervez Musharraf	General	Met with Senior General Than Shwe.
2-May-2001	Thailand	Mr Surakiart Sathirathai	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Minister of Foreign Affairs Win Aung.
4-May-2001	UN	Mr Jean-Luc Lemahieu	Representative of the United Nations Drugs Control Programme	Met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Win Aung
12-May-2001	Thailand	General Thammarak Isarangura	Minister at the Prime Minister's Office	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Minister for Foreign Affairs Win Aung.
23-May-2001	Malaysia	Tan Sri Muhyiddin bin Haji Mohd Yassin	Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs	Met with Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein.
1-June-2001	UN	Razali Ismail	Special envoy	During this four day visit Razali Ismail met democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi twice at her home, and Secretary-1 Lt. Gen Khin Nyunt, in a bid to revive the reconciliation talks they began last year. Razali Ismail hopes civilian rule will emerge within four years.
9-June-2001	The Philippines	Mr Rizalino S Navarro	Special Envoy of the President	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe and Minister for Foreign Affairs Win Aung.
19-June-2001	Thailand	Dr Thaksin Shinawatra	Prime Minister	Met with the junta's top officials to repair the damaged relationship between Thailand and Burma in the wake of recent border tensions. They discussed issues which affect both countries, and reached an agreement to reopen the Mae Sai-Tachilek border checkpoint which had been closed for months. Thaksin was the first Thai prime minister to visit Myanmar since 1997.
23-July-2001	Thailand	Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe and other top military officials to strengthen bilateral ties and secure a promise that regime will lift its ban of 15 Thai products. Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh confirmed with Burmese leaders Bangkok's policy of non-intervention in Rangoon's internal affairs.
31-July-2001	Thailand	Gen Wichit Yathip	Chief of staff officers	Met with Rangoon military authorities to negotiate the release of the seven Thai counter-narcotics officers kidnapped by United Wa State Army (UWSA).

From Burma (2001)

Date	Country	Person	Position	Detail
7-May-2001	China	Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin	Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation	Observed the agriculture industry in China, and factories that produce machinery for water distribution.
8-May-2001	United States	Khin Maung Thein	Minister for Finance and Revenue	Attended the 34th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank Board of Governors in Honolulu, USA, from 9 to 11 May 2001.
9-May-2001	Malaysia	Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe	Minister for Labour	Attended the 15th ASEAN Labour Ministers' Meeting to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 10 to 12 May 2001.
22-June-2001	Thailand	Win Aung	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Met with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Foreign Minister Surakiart. Discussed with Surakiart the issues of culture, technical co-operation, road links, preparations for the drugs summit in Kunming and the Joint Border Committee.

To Burma (2000)

Date	Country	Person	Position	Detail
16-Jan-2000	Lao	Mr Soubanh Srithirath	Minister at the LPDR President's Office	Met with Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Foreign Minister Win Aung and Abel.
19-Jan-2000	Iran	Amin Zedah	Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs	Met with Khin Nyunt and Foreign Minister Win Aung. Discussed pertaining to promotion of bilateral relations and international and regional affair.
27-Jan-2000	Vietnam	Mr Nguyen Van Yeu	Vice President of National Assembly	Met with Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
15-Feb-2000	Malaysia	Datuk Seri Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Foreign Minister Win Aung .
19-Feb-2000	Cambodia	Hun Sen	Prime Minister	Met with Than Shwe and discussed strengthening trade and political ties and signed the Agreement between the two Governments on Visa Exemption for Holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports.
28-Feb-2000	Thailand	Mr Korn Dabbaransi	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt. Agreed to set up a joint task force by the Health Ministries of the two governments to tackle the problem on HIV and malaia.
1-Mar-2000	Malaysia	Gen Dato Seri Ahmad Saruji Bin Che Rose	Commander-in-Chief of Malaysian Air Force	Met with Gen Maung Aye.
1-Mar-2000	Yugoslavia	Zivadin Jovanovic	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt. Discussed closer trade relations with Burma.
5-Mar-2000	Lao	Boungnang Vorachith	Deputy Prime Minister and Finance minister	Met with Than Shwe and Khin Nyunt. Agreed to strengthen cooperation on transportation, border trade and narcotic suppression. And attended the 35th Meeting of ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information.
12-Mar-2000	UN	Mr Soren Jessen Petersen	UNHCR	Met with Khin Nyunt and Win Aung to discuss the monitoring of Burmese displaced persons currently living Thailand. This is the first time Burma has allowed the UNHCR to have a presence in its territory, to monitor and take care of the repatriation of thousands of Burmese displaced persons now living along the border.
23-Mar-2000	ASEAN	Dr Robert Teh (ASEAN general secretary) Mr.David Chin (Singapore) Mr.Norio Terada (Japan) Mr.Park Young-kuk (Korea)	NA	To attend ASEAN and East-Asia Meeting.
1-May-2000	ASEAN	Mr Rodolfo C Seven'no and Ministers	ASEAN Secretary General and ASEAN Economic Ministers	Met with Chairman of ASEAN Steering Committee of the Union of Myanmar Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
12-May-2000	Vietnam	Phan Van Khai	Prime Minister	Met with Than Shwe, Maung Aye,Khin Nyunt. Signed agreements for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income.
24-May-2000	Malaysia	General Dato' Seri Md Hashim Bin Hussein	Chief of Army	Met with Vice-Chairman of the SPDC and Gen Maung Aye.
-May-2000	Japan	Takashi Fukuya	Trade Minister	The first trip to Burma by a sitting cabinet minister in 17 years. Discussed on the resumption of yen loans for Burma on condition of political reform.
31-May-2000	China	Mr Ismail Amat	State Councillors	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe and Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
2-Jun-2000	United Nations	Dr Nay Tun	United Nations Assistant Secretary-General	Met with Secretary-1 Lt- Gen Khin Nyunt.
30-Jun-2000	United Nations	Mr Razali Ismail	Special Envoy of UN	Met and hold separate talks with military and opposition leaders in order to break the country's political dedlock during his first four-day trip.
3-July-2000	Indian	General VP Malik	Chief of Indian Army Staff and Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe, Gen Maung Aye, Lt-Gen Tin Oo.
16-July-2000	China	Hu Jintano ,Wang Guangya	Vice President, Deputy Foreign Minister	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe, Gen Maung Aye, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Lt-Gen Tin Oo.
3-Aug-2000	Thailand	Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade of Thailand	To attend the Second Meeting of Myanmar-Thai Trade Commission sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce. Met with Khin Nyunt and Abel.
6-Aug-2000	China	Mr Wu Donghe	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Met with Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Minister of Foreign Affairs Win Aung and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Khin Maung Win.
8-Aug-2000	Cambodia	Mr Sar Kheng	Deputy Prime Minister	Met with Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
22-Aug-2000	Lao	Mr Somsavat Lengsavad	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
18-Sep-2000	Japan	Mr Seiken Sugiura	Member of House of Representatives	Met with Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
15-Oct-2000	UNHCR	Madame Sadako Ogata	United Nations High Commissioner	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe.
16-Oct-2000	Vietnam	Mr Nguyen Dy Nien	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Minister of Foreign Affairs Win Aung.
24-Nov-2000	China	Fang Zuqi	Political Commissar of Nanjing Military Command General of People's Liberation Army	Met with Vice-Chairman of SPDC,Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services General Maung Aye.
12-Dec-2000	Thailand	Gen Sampao Choosri	Supreme Commander of Royal Thai Armed Forces	Met with Sen Gen Than Shwe and Gen Maung Aye.

From Burma (2000)

Date	Country	Person	Position	Detail
10-Jan-2000	Philippines	Brig-Gen Abel	Minister at the State Peace and Development Council Chairman's Office	To attend the Ninth Ministerial Level Economic Cooperation Meeting of six countries in the Mekong Region in Manila, the Philippines.
19-Jan-2000	Thailand	Maj-Gen Saw Lwin	Minister for Hotels and Tourism	To attend the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ASI) 2000 and the 3rd Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers to be held from 20 to 26 January in Bangkok.
11-Feb-2000	Thailand	U Win Aung	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister	To attend the ASEAN-UN Summitthe, ASEAN-Japan Leaders Meeting and the 10th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD-X). Arrived back 13-Feb-2000.
5-Apri-2000	Columbia and Cuba	U Win Aung	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister	To attend the 13th Ministerial Conference of Non-Aligned Movement to be held from 7 to 9 April in Cartagena, Colombia, and the South Summit of the Group of 77 to be held from 10 to 14 April in Havana, Cuba.
5-May-2000	Thailand	U Khin Maung Thein	Minister for Finance and Revenue	To atttend the ADB Thirty- third Annual Meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from 6 to 8 May
10-May-2000	Philippines	Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe	Minister for Labour	To attend the 14th ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting to be held in Manila.
14-May-2000	Switzerland	Maj-Gen Ket Sein	Minister for Health	To attend the 53rd World Health Conference.
29-May-2000	Switzerland	Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe	Minister for Labour	To attend the 88th Annual Assembly of International Labour Organization.
30-May-2000	Russia	Win Aung	Foreign Minister	A wide range of problems, including commercial and economic relations, will be discussed
5-Jun-2000	China and Hong Kong	Maung Aye	Vice-chairman and Gen	Met with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji on separate occasions, and held talks with Vice-President Hu Jintao. Also signed a joint statement on the framework of future bilateral relations and cooperation.
6-Jun-2000	Japan	Khin Nyunt	Secretary- 1, Lt-Gen	To attend the funeral service of the former Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Keizo Obuchi. The highest-ranking offical visit to Japan by a junta member since 1988.
3-July-2000	Pakistan	Khin Nyunt	Secretary- 1, Lt-Gen	Met with President Mr Muhammad Rafiq Tarar and Military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf.
23-July-2000	Thailand	Win Aung	Minister for Foreign Affairs	To attend the 33rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting. Discussed with Chun Leekpai and Surin Pitsuwan on ASEAN affairs and bilateral relations.
3-July-2000	Russian	Win Aung	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Met with Foreign Minister Mr Igor Ivanov and Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation Ilya Klibanov .Signed agreement on exempting visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and official passports.
5-July-2000	Yugoslavia	Win Aung	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Met with President Slobodan Milosevic, Prime Minister Mr Momir Bulatovic and Defence Minister General Dragoljub Ojdan.
10-July-2000	The Republic of Belarus	Win Aung	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Ural Latypov and Prime Minister Mr Vladimir Ermoshin.
25-Oct-2000	China	Win Myint	Secretary-3, Lt-Gen	To pay a goodwill visit at the invitation of the Chinese Association for International Understanding.
14-Nov-2000	India	Maung Aye	Vice-Chairman of the SPDC, Gen	To pay an official goodwill visit at the invitation of Vice-President of the Republic of India Mr Shri Krishan Kant.
23-Nov-2000	Singapore	Than Shwe	Prime Minister and Senior General	To attend the Fourth ASEAN Informal Summit and Meeting of the ASEAN Heads of State and Heads of State of the People's Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea. Signed the e-ASEAN Framework Agreement. And had private discussions on bilateral matters with Premier Mr. Goh Chok Tong.
4-Dec-2000	Lao	Maung Aye	General	To pay an official visit at the invitation of the President of the National Assembly of the Lao PDR Mr Samane vignaket.

UPDATED IN APRIL 2003