British Foreign Secretary Visits Burma

British Foreign Secretary, William Hague visits Burma and meets with government officials as well as Burma's opposition leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Ahead of the visit to Burma, Hague said, "I am visiting the country to encourage the Burmese government to continue on its path of reform, and to gauge what more Britain can do to support this process."

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• William Hague
• Burma
• Myanmar
• Britain
• British
• England
• Aung San Suu Kyi
• process
• government

[CHITPWINT9]

hey voa was daum

[schchen2000]

@Tarhini No problem. You are welcome so much! :)

[Tarhini]

@schchen2000 Thankyou so much! Really appreciate you translating that for me:)

[schchen2000]

@Tarhini British Foreign Secretary since 1955. This is it (i.e. end of my translation). Please read my comments from bottom up. Sorry for any inconvenience. Though I said earlier that I'm not doing verbatim, I ended up doing it and put my interpretation in 3 comments. Hope that helps.

[schchen2000]

@Tarhini (roughly the same as the National Congress, i.e. one of the two parliaments in Burma) in Nay Pyi Taw (i.e. name of new capital in Burma). Hague let Burmese authorities know Britain stands ready to respond positively to the improved human rights and the better political situations in Burma over time. In the evening, Mr. Hague had a dinner with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi @ the British Ambassador's residence in Rangoon (the commercial capital). This is the first trip to Burma for a

[schchen2000]

@Tarhini This is VOA Burmese program and I'll roughly give you some idea what's being said in the clip and doing verbatim would be impossible as I've to type so much within the characters that are allowed for comments here. Translation begins here: Secretary Hague says he hopes to see the expedited and improved political process in Burma. On Jan. 5, Hague met Burmese President U Thein Sein, Burmese Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin and the Chairman of Pyithu Hluttaw

[Tarhini]

english subs please...