Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Myanmar opposition leader urges end to sanctions

             The   sanctions  have   the  relation with  many   issues  in   Myanmar ,  such   as   political  prisoners ,  ethinic  conflicts  ,  democratic  development  , the   national  reconciliation  and   so  on  .  
The   US  SANCTIONS  would  not   ease  immediately  as   Suu   Kyi's  urge.
  
Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi backed the lifting of sanctions on Myanmar and reassured China her landmark visit to the United States was not aimed at containing Beijing's influence.
The Nobel peace laureate, who spent 15 years under house arrest, thanked the United States for its years of support but, as she received the first of many accolades on her tour, said that Myanmar must build democracy itself.
"I do not think that we need to cling onto sanctions unnecessarily because I want our people to be responsible for their own destiny and not to depend too much on external props," Suu Kyi said in her trip's first major appearance.
"In the end, we have to build our own democracy," she said in a speech in which she appeared careful not to annoy leaders who have initiated reforms.
The opposition leader had long supported economic sanctions to pressure her jailers, Myanmar's junta, which nominally disbanded last year.
The United States has been rolling back restrictions, in July opening Myanmar up to US investment despite Suu Kyi's earlier unease about US firms doing business with the state-owned oil and gas company.
"There are very many other ways in which the United States can help us to achieve our democratic ends and help us to build up the kind of democratic institutions that we are in such need of. Sanctions are not the only way," Suu Kyi said.
Suu Kyi, now a member of parliament, said she believes President Thein Sein is "keen" on change in the nation formerly known as Burma but cautioned not to look just at the executive branch as the judiciary was reform's "weakest arm."
"We have passed a first hurdle, but there are many more hurdles to cross," she said

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