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| Photo Ref: US
President Barack Obama stands by Burma President Thein Sein as they
participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit
in Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, Nov. 19, 2011. (Saul
Loeb/AFP/Getty Images |
US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton left Washington on Monday to South East Asia countries.
She is currently visiting South Korea and will visit Burma on Thursday.
According to the State, Clinton will spend two days in Burma where she
is planning to meet with government officials on Thursday and with Aung
San Suu Kyi on Friday.
Some
say the meeting will speed up political changes in Burma towards the
road of democracy but others say it is so early for President Obama to
send the Secretary of State because the new government has not
shown satisfactory changes inside Burma. According to the recent report
from Human Right groups, the Burmese military backed government
continues to torture and kill civilians, gang rape women and turn
thousands of villagers into refugees in campaigns.(The civil war inside
Burma has been going on since independence from Great Britain in 1949.)
The fact that Burma new government still put hundreds of political
prisoners behind bars also raises suspects of its willingness
to reform Burma into a democractic country.
Regardless
of different comments, the coming meeting between two powerful women of
the world has caught an international attention at this time.This trip
will be a remarkable milestone in American foreign policy as well as the
history of Burma.
Although
Clinton's visit may not cause changes to Burma's situations right away,
i do believe that this will bring good results. I also believe that
Burma is in need of international guidance and support at this time.
