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Clinton: US Not 'dictating Terms' For Democratic Changes In Myanmar 9 days ago
(RTTNews) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Washington is not "setting or dictating any conditions," in return for Myanmar's military administration enforcing democratic changes in that South-East Asian country.
However, she made it clear that US sanctions would continue until a "meaningful process" took place for a significant progress in democracy.
The top US diplomat was talking Wednesday to reporters on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting at a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Singapore.
She stressed "US is committed to a process to try to encourage and support Burma's [Myanmar's] path to democracy."
At the same time, she admitted that the US government had "no illusions that any of this will come easy or quick."
The military junta says it will hold a general election next year, but critics expect the elections to be neither free nor fair, as the country's main Opposition, National League for Democracy (NLD), led by detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, is not allowed to contest.
Clinton called upon all nations in the region, naming China, India and Thailand, to play their role in encouraging democratic reforms in Myanmar.
A high-level US State Department delegation that visited the country last week said the United States was ready to improve its relations with Myanmar if the military administration made significant moves toward political reconciliation.
The delegation led by US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, the highest ranking American official to visit Myanmar in 14 years, held separate talks with Prime Minister Thein Sein and Suu Kyi.
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