President Obama today announced plans to lift decades-long sanctions against Myanmar as the country's de facto leader makes a visit to the White House.
Obama made the announcement to reporters in the Oval Office alongside State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi just hours after signing a proclamation that announced he was restoring trade benefits to the country.
“The United States is now prepared to lift sanctions that we have
imposed on Burma for quite some time,” the president said in the Oval
Office after citing progress made in Myanmar, which he cited as “Burma.”
“It is the right thing to do in order to ensure the people of Burma see
rewards from a new way of doing business and a new government.”
