Lone Rajya Sabha member from Nagaland Khekiho Zhimomi has suggested the Myanmar Government for an administrative state for the Nagas within Myanmar.Mr Zhimomi interacted with the Myanmar Government over the aspect of Nagas in that country and the suggestion was same as that of Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio.The chief minister and his ministerial delegation in May this year had suggested Ambassador...
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Yangon - The Global Fund has agreed to provide Myanmar with 110 million dollars to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, after pulling out of the country four years ago, media reports said Sunday.Total funding for Myanmar could rise to almost 290 million dollars if the grants are extended to the maximum five-year period, The Myanmar Times reported, citing documents provided by The Global Fund to...
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Tokyo, Nov 8 (Kyodo) Japanese Prime Minister YukioHatoyama pressed Myanmar to release the country's detainedpro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi before it holds generalelections next year.In talks with the Japanese leader here, Myanmar PrimeMinister Gen Thein Sein said that "any party, any person willbe able to take part" in the elections in accordance with alaw that has yet to be announced, according...
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Detained opposition leader Aung SanSuu Kyi is aware of an upcoming visit by two Americanofficials and supports the new US policy of engaging withMyanmar's military rulers, her lawyer said today.Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and a deputywill be in Myanmar, also known as Burma, for a two-day visitbeginning Tuesday and are scheduled to meet with thegovernment and the opposition, including...
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will explore ways to augmentborder trade with Myanmar, and delegates from the twocountries would meet soon to deliberate on the issue, a seniorgovernment official has said.A joint conference of delegates from both the countrieswould be organised soon to find ways and means to enhanceborder trade, V L Kantha Rao, Director of Commerce Department,Government of India, said.The assurance was given at a...
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used a landmark encounter with the PM of military-run Myanmar on Sunday to demand freedom for detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.“I reaffirmed the policy that I put forward on Saturday in Tokyo with regard to Burma (Myanmar),” Obama told reporters, recapping his call Saturday for the junta to release Suu Kyi after two decades of house arrest. “He brought that up directly with that government,”...
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US President Barack Obama used a meeting Sunday with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to urge pariah state Myanmar to free pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.In what was the first meeting in 43 years between a US president and the leaders of the military junta in Myanmar, Obama reportedly told Prime Minister General Thein Sein to release Suu Kyi.The...
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President Barack Obama used a meeting Sunday with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to urge pariah state Myanmar to free pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.In what was the first meeting in 43 years between a US president and the leaders of the military junta in Myanmar, Obama reportedly told Prime Minister General Thein Sein to release Suu Kyi.The US...
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President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar's junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face interaction with a top leader of the ruling military.Obama delivered the strong message during his summit with leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations, which included Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein.White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that Obama...
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Sunday welcomed a new US policy of engagement with Myanmar, saying it was the right approach to dealing with a member of its club considered a pariah by many Western nations."The one thing we are completely agreed upon is that we welcome signs of further engagement on the part of various regions in response to some of the developments in Myanmar," Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said after the...
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