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Burma: Foreign Minister Meeting (Taken Question)
Taken Question
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington,
DC
Question Taken at the SEPTEMBER 26 Daily Press Briefing
September 26, 2011
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Question: Can you please provide a read-out of Assistant Secretary Campbell’s meeting with Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin?
Answer: Assistant Secretary Kurt
Campbell and Special Representative and Policy Coordinator
for Burma Ambassador Derek Mitchell met with Burmese Foreign
Minister Wunna Maung Lwin on the margins of the United
Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22. The
meeting was productive with an open and candid exchange of
views by both sides. Assistant Secretary Campbell and
Ambassador Mitchell welcomed recent positive steps taken by
the Government of Burma, including President Thein Sein’s
dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi. They emphasized that the
United States seeks concrete steps from the Government of
Burma to signify a genuine commitment to reform including
release of all political prisoners, further meaningful
dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi, a cessation of hostilities
in and violence against ethnic areas, and transparency in
its relationship with North
Korea.
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