Bangkok is considering alternative trade routes in case of road closures caused by the fighting.
About 200 Myanmar military personnel withdrew on April 11 to a bridge linking to Mae Sot after the Karen National Union said it had taken control of Myawaddy.
“Thailand wants to see peace and dialogue,” he told reporters, following a visit to Mae Sot. It lies across the Myanmar town of Myawaddy that was wrested out of military control by anti-junta forces led by the Karen National Union rebel group. The loss of the town robs the junta, already grappling with an economy in free fall, of vital earnings from border trade while strengthening rebel groups such as the KNU that led the assault on Myawaddy, analysts said.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since 2021 when the military deposed an elected civilian government, triggering widespread protests it sought to crush with brutal force. Thailand, which said it is keeping neutral in the Myanmar conflict and can accept up to 100,000 people displaced by it, has pursued engagement, including aid deliveries, with its neighbour since Mr Srettha came to power in August 2023.
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