Thailand's Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara inspects a customs checkpoint near the border with Myanmar, in Mae Sot, Thailand on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Parnpree was inspecting the area, which will be a staging point for sending cross-border humanitarian assistance to war-wracked Myanmar, which he said would begin in about a month. (AP Photo/Jintamas Saksornchai)
MAE SOT, Thailand: Thailand expects to open up a humanitarian corridor in about a month to deliver aid to suffering civilians in war-torn Myanmar, Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara (pic) said on Thursday (Feb 8) after inspecting the planned staging area in the northern Thai province of Tak.
The plan, initiated by Thailand with the endorsement of Myanmar and other fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), is relatively small in scale and initially would reach just a tiny proportion of the 2.6 million civilians the UN estimates are displaced throughout Myanmar.
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