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US lauds Myanmar plan for vote monitoring

New York Times

  March 22, 2012

The United States said Wednesday that it was “encouraged’’ that Myanmar had invited U.S. and European representatives to monitor elections April 1, a milestone for Myanmar as it emerges from decades of military dictatorship. The invitation is the latest in a series of steps taken by Myanmar’s president, U Thein Sein, to pry open the country to the outside world and move toward democracy. Earlier this month, Thein Sein said the country was seeking more “international recognition’’ through “continuous efforts to win further trust.’’

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