Hollande tells Suu Kyi France will back Myanmar transition
- Published: 26 Jun 2012 at 09.48
- Online news: Asia
President Francois Hollande told Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi during her Paris visit Tuesday that France would do everything possible to back the country's democratic transition.
France's President Francois Hollande and Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi walk in the garden of the Elysee presidential palace following a meeting, in Paris. Hollande told Suu Kyi Tuesday that France would do everything possible to back the country's democratic transition, as she visited Paris for the last leg of a landmark European tour.
Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi, on the final leg of a landmark European tour, meanwhile called for investment in her country's struggling economy, but said this should not be at the expense of ongoing political reforms.
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