緬甸總統計劃本月訪美
2013年5月2日![File - In this file photo released by Myanmar News Agency (MNA) on Thursday, March 31, 2011, Myanmar President Thein Sein delivers speech at the presidential house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Myanmar's president announced a major Cabinet reshuffle on Monday Aug. 27 2012, a move analysts see as advancing the once-pariah nation's reformist agenda. The shake-up is the biggest since President Thein Sein's government took office from the former military junta in March 2011 and launched a wave of dramatic reforms that have surprised the world and prompted Western powers to ease crippling sanctions. The announcement made late Monday on the president's official website said the overhaul affects nine of several dozen Cabinet posts. Some 15 new deputy ministers are also being appointed. (Foto: (AP Photo / MNA, File/AP/dapd)](https://static.dw.com/image/16206655_800.webp)
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緬甸總統吳登盛計劃本月對美國進行歷史性訪問。本周四,有美國國會內部人士向法新社透露,吳登盛擬定在5月20日或21日抵達華盛頓。這將是近半個世紀以來緬甸領導人首到訪美國首都。去年9月,吳登盛曾因參加聯合國大會到訪過紐約。
據悉,此次訪美吳登盛將會與美國總統歐巴馬在白宮舉行會晤。而美方對緬甸的邀請是要鼓勵後者繼續改革之路。不過吳登盛計劃訪美的消息目前尚未得到美國政府的確認。
2011年,前軍政府的將軍吳登盛上任,成為第一位由軍人轉型的緬甸文職總統。他推出了一些列的改革措施,其中包括釋放數百名政治犯,遭軟禁多年的反對派領導人翁山蘇姬被解除禁令,而後她加入了緬甸議會。