Burma-China : China extends 600,000

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Subject: Burma-China : China extends 600,000 dlrs aid to   Burma



                            BANGKOK, March 25 (AFP) - The Chinese government
has agreed
                            to give a total of five million yuan (602,400
dollars) in aid to
                            Burma, state-run Burmese radio reported late
Tuesday.

                            A memorandum of understanding to extend official
aid to buy
                            equipment and spare parts for Burmese
agriculture sectors was
                            signed by a visiting Chinese official and
Burmese National
                            Planning and Economic Development Minister
Brigadier General
                            David Abel, Radio Rangoon said.

                            The ceremony held in Rangoon was presided over
by first
                            secretary of the ruling Burmese military junta,
Lieutenant General
                            Khin Nyunt and China's State Council Secretary
General Luo Gan, it
                            said in a dispatch monitored here.

                            Luo was leading a high-level Chinese delegation,
which arrived in
                            the Brumese capital Monday, for an official
goodwill visit at the
                            invitation of Khin Nyunt.

                            During the ceremony, Luo and Khin Nyunt also
signed a
                            cooperation accord on managing their shared
2,000-kilometer
                            (1,240 miles) border, the radio said.

                            The Chinese delegation also called on Burmese
junta leader
                            General Than Shwe earlier Tuesday during a
meeting attended by
                            Burma's General Maung Aye, army chief Lieutenant
General Tin
                            Oo and Foreign Minister Ohn Gyaw and Chinese
diplomats, the
                            report said.

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