Obama Hails Myanmar’s Progress in First Presidential Visit
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Barack Obama hailed Myanmar’s shift to democracy and urged more steps to increase freedom after a meeting with democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi, during the first visit to the former military-ruled country by a U.S. president.
“Over the last several decades, our two countries became strangers,” he said in a speech at Yangon University in the nation’s former capital. “But today, I can tell you that we always remained hopeful about you -- the people of this country. You gave us hope. And we bore witness to your courage.”