First post-election meeting for Suu Kyi, US envoys
First post-election meeting for Suu Kyi, US envoys
Democratic Voice of Burma, 19 Jan 2016
URL: http://www.dvb.no/dvb-video/first-post-election-meeting-for-suu-kyi-us-envoys/60363
Aung San Suu Kyi met American diplomats on Monday as Burma transitions to a new government after her party’s sweeping election victory last November.
Suu Kyi met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the capital, Naypyitaw.
The purpose of the visit was to discuss the Burmese government’s status in moving power from the military-linked Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) to Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD).
Burma has been embroiled in decades of conflict with a myriad of ethnic minority rebel groups.
An NLD-led government will take power in March, following a presidential election expected to take place in February, but the military will remain a powerful political force.
A quarter of seats in parliament are reserved for unelected military officials. Three important cabinet ministers – home affairs, defence and border affairs – are also chosen by the commander-in-chief.
Suu Kyi met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the capital, Naypyitaw.
The purpose of the visit was to discuss the Burmese government’s status in moving power from the military-linked Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) to Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD).
Burma has been embroiled in decades of conflict with a myriad of ethnic minority rebel groups.
An NLD-led government will take power in March, following a presidential election expected to take place in February, but the military will remain a powerful political force.
A quarter of seats in parliament are reserved for unelected military officials. Three important cabinet ministers – home affairs, defence and border affairs – are also chosen by the commander-in-chief.