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Myanmar president not to attend Asean-US summit
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IANS | 12 Feb, 2016
Myanmar's President Thein Sein will not participate in the Asean-US
summit scheduled for next week, the media reported on Friday.
"Vice president Nyan Htun will visit the US on behalf of President Thein Sein," said the president's office.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations-US summit will take place in Sunnylands, in California, on February 15-16.
However, the reason for the Myanmar president not attending the summit yet remained unknown.
Since
2011, Myanmar has been trying to move towards greater democratic
openness following half a century of military dictatorship.
The
general elections on November 8, last year led to the victory of Nobel
peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her ruling National League for
Democracy party over Thein Sein and his Union Solidarity and Development
Party, and the transfer of power is to take place around the end of
March.
Thein Sein was the first prime minister of the last
military junta and, after its dissolution in 2011, occupied the post of
head of state and headed the process of political, economic and social
reforms.
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