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Myanmar junta urges West to lift sanctions | ||||
2009-08-21 | ||||
YANGON (Reuters) - Army-ruled Myanmar urged Western countries on Thursday to lift economic sanctions and allow the country to modernize and achieve its
It urged "all political forces to give up the tactic of economic sanctions and collectively open the golden door to a modern, developed and peaceful democratic nation."
Webb was allowed to leave with American John Yettaw, whose visit to Suu Kyi's home in May had led to her latest conviction and who had himself been sentenced to seven years' hard labor.
The papers said the collapse of the regime was "far from a possibility" because trade with its neighbors had increased and the country had prospered in the past two decades of army rule.
Webb met Suu Kyi for 45 minutes on Friday and told reporters later that she was "not opposed" to the lifting of some sanctions, but he refused to elaborate. Myanmar plans to hold multi-party elections next year, which critics have dismissed as a sham to entrench nearly half a century of army rule. | ||||
Posted by:Steve White |
#1 WMF > INDIA FORESEES COLLAPSE OF CHINA'S "CHAIN OF PEARLS/ISLANDS" STRATEGY WID ITS PROPOSED MALDIVES BASE [Gan island]. Ditto for SRI LANKA which is repor considering giving India NAVAL-AIR BASING RIGHTS. versus SAME > MYANMAR SHOULD BE ABSORBED INTO CHINA. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-08-21 01:43 |