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Suu Kyi to meet Obama in Washington for first time as Myanmar leader

EghtesadOnline: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi meets with President Barack Obama on Wednesday in her first visit to the United States since her party won a sweeping victory in last year's election, capping a decades-long journey from political prisoner to national leader.
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Publish Date:14/September/2016 | 05:31

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to skip U.N. assembly to deal with Rohingya crisis

EghtesadOnline: Myanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi , facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming U.N. General Assembly because of the crisis, her office said on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:13/September/2017 | 05:49

Myanmar's Suu Kyi denounces terrorists, silent on Rohingya exodus

EghtesadOnline: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday blamed “terrorists” for “a huge iceberg of misinformation” on the violence in Rakhine state but made no mention of the nearly 126,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled over the border to Bangladesh since Aug. 25.
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Publish Date:06/September/2017 | 06:36

Myanmar's Suu Kyi in pitch to foreign investors after Obama lifts sanctions

EghtesadOnline: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday made a pitch to foreign investors, promising a clearer legal framework and opportunities in untapped economic sectors, two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama lifted most sanctions on the country.
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Publish Date:23/October/2016 | 08:55

Obama, meeting with Suu Kyi, says U.S. ready to lift Myanmar sanctions

EghtesadOnline: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi called on Wednesday for the lifting of economic sanctions against her country, and President Barack Obama, in their first White House meeting since she became leader, said the United States was ready to do so.
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Publish Date:15/September/2016 | 08:29

China eyes closer military ties with Myanmar

EghtesadOnline: China's military wants to strengthen ties with neighboring Myanmar by having more exchanges and greater cooperation, a top officer told Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit to the Southeast Asian country, state media said on Saturday.
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Publish Date:10/September/2016 | 08:27

Hundreds protest in Myanmar over Suu Kyi's panel on Rohingya Muslims

EghtesadOnline: Hundreds in Myanmar rallied on Tuesday against an advisory commission led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to find solutions to the conflict between the country's Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, which has cast a pall over democratic reforms.
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Publish Date:06/September/2016 | 08:00