09/11/2012 18:16
Barack Obama first US president to visit Burma
Fresh from his election win, Barack Obama will this month become the first US president to visit Burma, the White House says.
He will meet President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the BBC reported.
It is part of a three-leg tour from 17 to 20 November that will also take in Thailand and Cambodia.
The government of Burma has begun implementing economic, political and other reforms, a process the Obama administration sought to encourage.