Clinton will also seek to reinstate an ambassador and press the government to allow US troops to search for remains of WW2 pilots
Day: December 1, 2011
Belarus PM talks trade with Thein Sein
Mikhail Myasnikovich arrives to great pomp in Naypyidaw on the invitation of President Thein Sein, with trade high on the agenda
Ex-political prisoner dies of cancer
Family of 38-year-old had complained Zaw Lin Htun was being denied adequate treatment and lobbied President Thein Sein for his release
Factory workers test labour freedoms
First application submitted to labour ministry for the formation of a union awaits approval after half a century of denial of workers’ rights
Clinton touches down
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke positively about Clinton’s visit at a video conference on the day of the US Secretary of State’s arrival saying the “United States have got it just…
Détente
[scrollGallery id=5] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Burma yesterday for the most senior-level US diplomatic visit to the country since 1955. She met with President Thein Sein…