UN chief Ban Ki-moon made a landmark visit to Myanmar on Sunday to encourage further reforms and push for a further easing of Western sanctions to help normalize United Nations operations in the long isolated country, Reuters reported.
Ban’s trip was his first since a reformist, quasi-civilian government took office a year ago, ending five decades of authoritarian military rule and thawing Myanmar’s relations with the international community.
The government, led by remnants of the former junta, has stunned the world with economic reforms and unprecedented engagement with the West, the political opposition and ethnic minority rebel groups.
Ban called that progress encouraging, but still tenuous.
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