Addressing the UN general Assembly in New York, Burma’s president, Thein Sein, paid tribute to opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Referring, for the first time, to Aung San Suu Kyi as a Nobel laureate, Thein Sein congratulated her on the honours she recently received in the US.
“As a Mayanmar citizen, I would like to congratulate her for the honours she has received in this country in recognition of her efforts for democracy,” he said.
Suu Kyi was under house arrest for 15 years under the previous military government in which President Aung San Suu Kyi also served.
Burma’s new civilian-led government has undertaken a series of reforms, which President Sein has described as irreversible.
Burma recently experienced the lifting of more economic sanctions, in response to Burma’s continued progress towards democracy, which President Thein described as a “complex and delicate task that required patience.”
Though no new initiative was revealed to address the serious unrest, between the Buddhists and minority communities, President Thein Sein also noted the high priority on ending armed conflicts with its ethnic minorities through peace talks.
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