The Prime Minister went on: “As Aung San Suu Kyi herself has said,
suspending sanctions will go some way in strengthening the hand of the
reformers in Burma.”
Earlier, Aung San Suu Kyi boycotted the opening of the new Burmese parliament
in a political dispute signalling troubles still ahead along the path to
democracy.
Mr Hague, arriving for the Luxembourg meeting, says the latest dispute was
another reason not to move too fast to completely lift sanctions despite the “very
important process of change” in the country.
Suspending sanctions was “the right thing to do”, he said, but
cautioned: “Great progress is being made (towards opening up Burma),
but we remain very concerned about conflict and human rights abuses in some
ethnic areas of Burma.”
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