Suu Kyi to arrive in US Monday for three weeks official visit
Myanmar’s democratic icon Aung San Suu Kyi leaves Yangon for the United States visit to meet President Barack Obama. She will be greeted by her supporters and followers who are eager and interested to know directly from her the latest development in the country. Part of her official trip is for her to receive an [...]
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh plans for visiting Myanmar could possibly become the first Indian FM visit to Myanmar since the past two and haft decades. The plan comes after Myanmar has taken a serial of reforms and allowing opposition groups in the country to take part in national politics. The visit may occur in [...]
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Upon the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, President of Myanmar Thein Sein completed his two day visit in Vietnam. Conference were held in Hanoi where the two respected presidents equally contributed their aspirations of strengthening and intensifying their bilateral ties and aimed at supporting development in the field of livestock breeding, forestry and [...]
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This year, ten Foreign Ministers who are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are bound to take a group visit to Myanmar to find out the most recent updates and progress in the country, reported from Kyodo News Agency. Anifah Haji Aman, Malaysian Foreign Minister said during the Foreign Minister’s Retreat that high [...]
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Luis CdeBaca, Washington’s spokesperson on human trafficking and Derek Mitchell, US coordinator for policy on Myanmar made a visit to Naypyidaw last Monday and they are the latest top US representatives to hold significant meeting with the ministers of the new nominally-civilian government. Topics about human trafficking will be included in their discussion. They were [...]
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The US government will be sending two senior diplomats and a lawmaker in separate occasions to Myanmar where the military backed government is reluctant in releasing its political prisoners which is a very serious move to strengthening its ties with the United States government. The trip by the US officials is to determine the sincerity [...]
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British Foreign Minister William Hague takes a two day trip to Myanmar to meet with President Thein Sein and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday. This is considered as the first visit by a British Foreign Minister in more than 50 years. Before Hague left for Britain, he said that the purpose of [...]
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Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin met with Marty Natalegawa, Indonesian Foreign Minister in the second meeting of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC), the very first was held last 2007 as reported by the Jakarta Post. During their meeting last Wednesday in Yangon, Indonesia has confirmed assurance that it will support whatever political [...]
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The hectic schedule of Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba’s for the year ender and this New Year’s holiday season was rearranged due to the unexpected death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il who died last week. But his scheduled visit to Myanmar has pushed through earlier this week. He met President Thein Sein of [...]
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Japan who is considered as one of the biggest supporter of Myanmar has established talks on their joint investment treaty and agreed on possible measures to be undertaken to fortify and strengthen ties and relations when the Foreign Minister of Japan came to visit last Monday. Japan Foreign Minister Kocihiro Gemba expressed his willingness to [...]
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