Al Jazeera 3 weeks ago

US 'ready to improve Myanmar ties'

Campbell and his deputy, Scot Marciel, are the highest-ranking American diplomats to visit Myanmar, also known as Burma, since 1995, when Madeleine Albright, the then-UN ambassador, made an official visit. Full Article at Al Jazeera

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