Myanmar rejects loan of white elephant to Thailand
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Yangon - Myanmar on Wednesday turned down a request from Thailand for a loan of one of its "auspicious" white elephants to mark the countries' 65 years of diplomatic ties next year.
Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul earlier this month asked his counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin for the pachyderm, to be housed at Chiang Mai Zoo.
"The Myanmar foreign minister told Surapong that it would be difficult to transport the white elephant to Chiang Mai," said a statement posted on the Myanmar president's official website.//DPA
