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State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is also Burma’s foreign minister, met with her British counterpart on Monday to discuss efforts to promote bilateral ties.
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Burma and China are set to sign deals to build hospitals in Burma’s two largest cities and a strategic bridge near their shared border.
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The agreement will significantly shorten the “work break” period that migrants must stay in Burma after their Thai work permits expire.
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Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said his country would raise 200 million euros for Burma to support development efforts in the formerly military ruled country.
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Burma’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has slammed the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Burma, Yanghee Lee, for her use of the term “Rohingya” during a recent 10-day visit to the country.
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Burma maintains that it shot and killed a guerrilla thought to be a Rohingya militant, but Bangladesh says one of its border guards is missing and wants to identify the body.
