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Suu Kyi transparency call after US eases sanctions

Aung San Suu Kyi's party welcomed a US decision to ease Myanmar sanctions Thursday, but the opposition leader demanded more "transparency" as foreign firms hungrily eye the country's energy sector.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends the lower house of parliament in Naypyidaw on July 11. Suu Kyi's party welcomed a US decision to ease Myanmar sanctions Thursday, but the opposition leader demanded more "transparency" as foreign firms hungrily eye the country's energy sector.

Washington on Wednesday gave the green light for firms to invest in Myanmar, including in oil and gas, in its greatest loosening of sanctions to reward reforms in the former pariah state after 50 years of military rule.

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