U.S., Laos End ‘Cordial’ Talks on American MIAs
Laos and the United States held a “cordial” two-day meeting on the fate of 547 Americans still listed as missing in action in Laos, a U.S. Embassy official said Saturday.
Harriet Isom, charge d’affaires of the American Embassy in Laos, declined to disclose details in a telephone interview from Bangkok. The meeting ended Friday, she said.
Earlier, Laos state radio said the two sides would discuss their first annual plan to resolve the MIA issue and the provision of U.S. humanitarian aid to the Southeast Asian nation.
The United States over the past two years has provided more food and medical aid to Laos, and the Vientiane government has significantly increased cooperation in searching for MIAs, allowing several joint expeditions to wartime crash sites.
A total of 2,383 Americans are listed as missing in action from wars in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
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