A Chinese official has held a rare meeting with Burmese opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin says Aung San Suu Kyi has asked several times to meet with Chinese officials. Liu says the Chinese ambassador met her in response to her request, and listened to her [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 2, 2011
US not invited as Hugo Chávez launches Latin group
Heads of state from across Latin America and the Caribbean flew in to Caracas on Friday for the inaugural meeting of a group designed to counter US influence and improve regional ties. But the US and Canada, have been sidelined from what the host, Venezuela‘s president Hugo Chávez, has called “the most important political event [...]
December 2, 2011
Clinton and Aung San Suu Kyi pledge to work together for Burma democracy
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, and Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader, have made an unprecedented public vow to work together to promote democratic reforms in the isolated and repressive south Asian state. Ending a historic three-day visit to Burma, the first by a US secretary of state in more than [...]
December 2, 2011
Burmese Opposition Leader, Clinton Promote Closer Ties
Burma’s National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday hosted U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for what the veteran activist called “a historic moment” for both Burma and the United States. Following talks with Clinton at her lakeside home, Aung San Suu Kyi told journalists she hoped the visit, (the first [...]
December 2, 2011
Clinton Ends Burma Trip With Pledge of Support
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has completed a three-day visit to Burma after discussions with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a vow that the United States is prepared to support further democratic reform. “We are prepared to go further if the reforms maintain momentum, but history teaches us to be cautious,” said [...]
December 1, 2011
Clinton Urges Burma to End ‘Illicit’ Ties to North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Burma to end any “illicit” military ties to North Korea, and says more work must be done before the United States can consider lifting sanctions. Clinton said Thursday during a landmark visit to Burma that its government must respect international consensus against the spread of nuclear [...]
November 30, 2011
Clinton Makes Historic Visit to Burma
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Burma Wednesday for a historic visit. Clinton’s trip is the first in half a century for a top U.S. diplomat and is in response to political and economic reforms by the military-dominated government. The secretary’s visit is the first visit by America’s top diplomat since Burma’s military [...]
November 21, 2011
Aung San Suu Kyi to Run for Burma Parliament
A spokesman for Burma democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she will run for a seat in parliament in the country’s next bi-election, expected by the end of the year. Nyan Win, a member of the National League for Democracy’s executive committee, told reporters Monday the Nobel Peace laureate will run for one of [...]
November 17, 2011
Obama Uses Asia-Pacific Trip to Nudge Burma Toward More Reform
U.S. President Barack Obama has again used a major Asia trip to nudge Burma’s government toward more rapid reforms. President Obama’s remarks calling for further concrete progress in Burma came during an address in Australia about regional security, economic and political progress in the region. In November of 2010, Obama was making his way through [...]