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U.S. and Myanmar sign an agreement to cooperate in fighting narcotics

In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 photo, U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Derek Michell, left, and Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin sign an agreement in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Myanmar and the United States took another step toward closer relations with the agreement Thursday to resume cooperation in fighting narcotics after nearly nine years. State television said the two sides agreed to restart joint opium poppy yield surveys early this year and cooperate in counter-narcotics training. <AP Photo>

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