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Myanmar Military Junta Leader Gen Thein Sein Invited To Visit Singapore & Indonesia
YANGON (AFP)--Military-ruled Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein is to pay official visits to Indonesia and Singapore later this month, state media and an official said Friday.
The trips will come just weeks after Thein Sein attended a summit of Southeast Asian nations at which Myanmar's ruling junta was urged to move towards democracy.
The state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper said Thein Sein had been invited by his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to visit the two countries "in the near future."
The paper gave no further details of his plans.
A Myanmar official who asked not to be named said Thein Sein's delegation would leave the capital Naypyidaw Sunday "to pay goodwill visits to two countries."
Myanmar, Singapore and Indonesia all belong to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which also covers Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Rights abuses by Myanmar's military regime have been a constant thorn in Asean's side since the country was admitted in 1997. The grouping is often accused of failing to use its influence to push for reform by the junta.
At a summit in Thailand earlier this month, Asean leaders said they had an "open discussion" with Thein Sein at which they urged the regime to follow its so-called road map to democracy, which calls for elections in 2010.
But they admitted the name of detained opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi was never mentioned, despite the fact that her release is one of the key demands of western nations that have imposed sanctions on Myanmar.
Myanmar has been ruled by the military since 1962 and has refused to recognize the results of elections in 1990 that Aung San Suu Kyi's party won by a landslide. She has spent most of the time since under house arrest.
Thein Sein took over as prime minister from Gen. Soe Win, who died on Oct. 12, 2007 after a long illness. He had spent several weeks in a Singapore hospital earlier that year.
Singapore led regional criticism of a brutal crackdown by the junta on monk-led protests in 2007 but rights activists have accused the city-state of not taking economic action against the regime.
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Myanmar Military Junta Leader Gen Thein Sein Invited To Visit Singapore & Indonesia
YANGON (AFP)--Military-ruled Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein is to pay official visits to Indonesia and Singapore later this month, state media and an official said Friday.
The trips will come just weeks after Thein Sein attended a summit of Southeast Asian nations at which Myanmar's ruling junta was urged to move towards democracy.
The state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper said Thein Sein had been invited by his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to visit the two countries "in the near future."
The paper gave no further details of his plans.
A Myanmar official who asked not to be named said Thein Sein's delegation would leave the capital Naypyidaw Sunday "to pay goodwill visits to two countries."
Myanmar, Singapore and Indonesia all belong to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which also covers Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Rights abuses by Myanmar's military regime have been a constant thorn in Asean's side since the country was admitted in 1997. The grouping is often accused of failing to use its influence to push for reform by the junta.
At a summit in Thailand earlier this month, Asean leaders said they had an "open discussion" with Thein Sein at which they urged the regime to follow its so-called road map to democracy, which calls for elections in 2010.
But they admitted the name of detained opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi was never mentioned, despite the fact that her release is one of the key demands of western nations that have imposed sanctions on Myanmar.
Myanmar has been ruled by the military since 1962 and has refused to recognize the results of elections in 1990 that Aung San Suu Kyi's party won by a landslide. She has spent most of the time since under house arrest.
Thein Sein took over as prime minister from Gen. Soe Win, who died on Oct. 12, 2007 after a long illness. He had spent several weeks in a Singapore hospital earlier that year.
Singapore led regional criticism of a brutal crackdown by the junta on monk-led protests in 2007 but rights activists have accused the city-state of not taking economic action against the regime.
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Latest News Updates At Singapore News Alternative:
1. Mainstream media should not demonize computer games over recent suicides
2. Retrenched Spore expats are staying put on the island.
3. Spore Power exploring partnership with Nigeria's Lagos State Govt.
4. Spore retail sales fall the most in decades
5. Lawmakers reject Singapore math</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
