"I have talked with Myanmar and invited them to join the rice exporting countries cartel, which will include Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, to fix the price," Premier Samak Sundaravej told reporters.
He said Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein, in Thailand for an official visit, had agreed to join, even through the military-ruled nation was not currently a large rice exporter.
"Thailand will help them in terms of technical support to improve their production for export," Samak said.
Samak said Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia had also agreed to join, and Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama said OREC should begin meeting soon.
Thailand is the world's largest rice exporter, and shipped an estimated 9.
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5 million tonnes of rice overseas last year.
World rice prices have soared this year, a trend blamed on higher energy and fertiliser