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Myanmar reform process stalled: Suu Kyi

Wednesday, 5 November 2014


Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says reforms in the country have "stalled" and warned against "over optimism".
Speaking at a press conference in Yangon Wednesday, the Nobel laureate said Myanmar had not made any real reforms in the last two years.
She added that high-level talks last week with senior politicians and the head of the army had achieved little.
Next week Myanmar will host a summit attended by several world leaders.
US President Barack Obama will be at the summit, the most prestigious in the country's history.
In her speech Ms Suu Kyi, who leads the National League for Democracy said: "We do think there have been times when the United States government has been overly optimistic about the reform process."
She noted however that the lack of significant reforms is "something the United States thinks about very seriously as well", according to a news agency.