Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba on Monday tried to inject momentum into Myanmar's reform process initiated by President Thein Sein when he took office nine months ago, calling for the launch of talks on a bilateral investment accord to help rehabilitate the long-isolated country's economy.
In the latest of a series of diplomatic overtures by major countries, Genba showed Japan's readiness to assist Myanmar in transforming itself into a democratic country and reducing poverty, especially in rural areas.
After meetings with Thein Sein and Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin in Myanmar's remote capital of Naypyitaw, Genba held talks with opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in the evening at her home in Yangon, the major commercial city where she spent much of the last 21 years in confinement before being freed in November last year. (Japan Times)
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