Britain's Cameron says Myanmar now 'multifaceted civil war'

He said he hoped Thailand would procure more, in an unspecified deal he said would be worth 400 million pounds ($508.64 million) to the British economy. He also said a strategic partnership would be signed between Britain and Thailand that would take ties to a new level.

A bloody conflict in military-ruled Myanmar is now a "multifaceted civil war" and there was a need for former colonial ruler Britain, Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN and other countries to step up and help end the fighting.

Cameron was speaking in an interview with Reuters while at an air force base in Thailand, where he inspected Gripen fighter jets built by Sweden's Saab in collaboration with British firms. He said he hoped Thailand would procure more, in an unspecified deal he said would be worth 400 million pounds ($508.64 million) to the British economy.

He also said a strategic partnership would be signed between Britain and Thailand that would take ties to a new level. ($1 = 0.7864 pounds)