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In historic first, US senator [Webb] to meet Myanmar leader
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Aug 12, 2009 10:34pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, August 13, 2009 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Democratic Senator Jim Webb is due to meet Myanmar supremo Than Shwe later this week in the first-ever encounter between a senior US official and the junta strongman, Webb's office said Thursday.
The visit by Webb, who is close to US President Barack Obama, comes after the Than Shwe regime was assailed by international outrage for extending democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest for another 18 months.
"Later this week, US Senator Jim Webb is scheduled to meet with leaders at the highest levels of the national government in Burma (Myanmar), including Senior General Than Shwe," a statement from Webb's office said.
"If the Shwe meeting takes place it will be the first time that a senior American official has ever met with Burma's top leader," it said, noting also that no member of Congress has visited Myanmar in over a decade.
The only time Than Shwe, who assumed power in 1992, has met a US official is believed to have been when William Berger, head of a US disaster assistance team, delivered a planeload of aid to Yangon after Cyclone Nargis in May 2008.
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