Clinton Calls for Additional Reforms During Her Historic Visit to Burma

Naypyidaw (AFP) – obtained by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday and promised to continue reforms by the Burmese regime’s new in historic talks conducted with the leaders, but said it is too early to lift sanctions imposed for decades in this country because of its repression for decades.
And Clinton, who is his first visit to this level U.S. official to Burma for nearly half a century, has provided incentives to encourage the country’s prudent to take further action, despite the call made by China to lift the sanctions.
Clinton said that the leaders of Burma have confirmed that “progress will continue and expand,” and welcomed the rejection of restrictions on Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Stltekayaa later Thursday in Rangoon.
“I have not yet reached the stage where we think the lifting of sanctions imposed because of our concern regarding some of the policies that must change.”
“But any steps taken by the government will be considered by the accuracy we want to see political and economic reform take hold.”
China has called on Thursday to lift the sanctions on Burma. He said Hong Lei, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, “We confirm that the relevant States to lift its sanctions on Burma.”
For his part, said the president through the Burmese interpreter, “that your visit is the first since five decades. Your visit will be a historical and a new chapter in relations” between the two countries.
The former general and former Prime Minister of the former ruling military council, which paid today in the direction of reform, “I appreciate the atmosphere that you would have to diffusion to the friendly relations.”
The other hand, Clinton said the United States hopes to begin talks with Burma to improve diplomatic relations and to significantly increase its assistance to this country in order to reduce isolation.
She pointed to Clinton’s first actions that can be taken by Washington, such as organizing joint search for the remains of U.S. soldiers killed during World War II.
Clinton also called on Burma to join as an observer to the U.S. program of cooperation on health and the environment in South East Asia.
She told reporters “It’s a gradual steps and we are ready to move beyond that if I stay on the reform momentum. This in mind, look at what must be done to improve diplomatic relations and exchange ambassadors.”
She “with over time, these will become an important channel for the exchange of concerns and monitor and support progress and build confidence on both sides.”
The United States was represented only diplomat in Burma because of the protest against the ruling military junta refused to accept the results of previous elections won by the party of Aung San Suu Kyi in 1990.
The other hand, Clinton called on Burma to block “illegal relations” with North Korea, noting at the same time that the system Naabdao said he does not cooperate with Pyongyang.
She told reporters, “I express by saying that better relations with the United States would not be possible unless the government respected the whole of the international consensus against the spread of nuclear weapons.”
The visit, the first U.S. secretary of state since John Foster Dulles in 1955, after eight months of the important reforms since the dissolution of the military last March and the transfer of powers to the government of “civil”.
And allowed the new system, in particular in a country still dominated by the military, the return of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi into the heart of the political game after graduating from house arrest a year ago.

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Deciding her party the National League for Democracy, which solved the military in May 2010 for its announcement of boycott of the elections in November next, re-register itself as a political party and candidates for the legislative elections next sub.
The daughter of General Aung San independence hero who was assassinated expressed hope Wednesday during a conference via a video feed between Burma and Washington that it contributes to Clinton’s visit to promote change.
She said “I hope to open the visit of Secretary of State Clinton the way for a better relationship .. and that there is an understanding encourages progress in the reforms”