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NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began her first substantive talks with Myanmar’s new leaders on Thursday in a meeting Washington hopes will embolden reformers in the reclusive country where entrenched military interests still loom large.
Clinton, whose landmark visit to the country also known as Burma marks a tentative rapprochement after more than 50 years of estrangement with the West, began a series of meetings with President Thein Sein, Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin and top officials from parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar’s new capital.
“I am here today because President Obama and myself are encouraged by the steps that you and your government have taken to provide for your
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