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US gives Myanmar a tentative embrace

Bangkok : Thailand | 27 days ago  
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  • US envoys who paid a rare visit to Myanmar say the new dialogue will be slow and cautious
    US envoys who paid a rare visit to Myanmar say the new dialogue will ...
    Source: AFP
US envoys who paid a rare visit to Myanmar say the new dialogue will ...
Senior United States representatives returned from a two-day fact-finding trip to Myanmar on Thursday without any major breakthroughs, but then they were not planning on any. In Myanmar, the United States appears to be opting for a long-term strategy of dialogue leading to gradual improvements...
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  • News Source: Asia Times Online | 27 days ago
    Senior United States representatives returned from a two-day fact-finding trip to Myanmar on Thursday without any major breakthroughs, but then they were not planning on any. In Myanmar, the United States appears to be opting for a long-term strategy...
  • News Source: Myanmar News | 27 days ago
    File photo shows Yangon inhabitants walking in front of the City hall build... The State Department duo has been at pains to temper expectations for any b... Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi smiles following a meeting with US ... US envoys...
  • News Source: Myanmar News | 27 days ago
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  • News Source: Myanmar News | 27 days ago
    A high-level US delegation visiting Myanmar on an "exploratory" diplomatic mission this week failed to meet with representatives of the pro-junta National Unity Party (NUP), state media reported Friday. US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell...
  • News Source: Washington Post | 27 days ago
    After a rare trip by high-level U.S. diplomats to Burma, there is was little indication from either nation Thursday about how the Obama administration's overture of engagement had been received. Burmese state media merely noted that Assistant...
  • News Source: Voice of America | 27 days ago
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  • Blog Source: www.securitylawbrief.com
    Scot Marciel, deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia, said Washington would maintain economic and political sanctions against Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, but that the purpose of the trip was to explore more positive ...
  • Blog Source: eyugoslavia.com
    The visit was described as an exploratory mission to explain the results of the US's policy review on Myanmar, also called Burma, under the new administration of President Barack Obama. Acknowledging that the US's past policy of ...
  • Blog Source: globalgeopolitics.net
    "We are committed to begin a dialogue with the government, the (Burmese) opposition and ethnic groups," added Marciel, shortly after he and U.S. assistant secretary of state Kurt Campbell ended a two-day visit to Burma, also known as Myanmar. ... The
  • Blog Source: democracyforburma.wordpress.com
    ... (BFG) program to swallow all the ethnic resistance movements and the cease-fire groups are now at the receiving end of forceful integration into Burma army, which would spell the end of their strive for rights of self-determination. ...
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