美國務卿本週歷史性訪問緬甸

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has begun a two-nation trip to Asia that includes the first visit to Burma by a U.S. secretary of state in 50 years. Clinton will stop in South Korea before traveling on to Burma. Her visit to the isolated country begins Wednesday.

U.S. President Barack Obama said earlier this month he was sending Clinton to Burma in response to what he called "flickers of progress" from the Burmese government, which ended decades of direct military rule in March when it brought in a nominally civilian parliament. Mr. Obama cited steps by Burma to open a dialogue with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the release of some political prisoners and the opening of the political environment. Mr. Obama said Secretary Clinton will explore what the U.S. can do to support progress on political reform, human rights and national reconciliation in Burma.美國國務卿希拉里·克林頓開始訪問兩個亞洲國家，其中對緬甸的訪問是美國國務卿50年以來的第一次。希拉里·克林頓前往緬甸之前將在韓國停留。她將從星期三開始訪問緬甸這個被孤立的國家。

美國總統奧巴馬本月早些時候說，他派遣克林頓前往緬甸是對緬甸政府取得的“些許進步”作出迴應。緬甸今年3月結束了幾十年的軍人直接統治，併產生了名義上的文人議會。奧巴馬指出緬甸採取措施與反對派領導人昂山素季開啓對話，並釋放了一些政治犯，政治環境有所開放。奧巴馬說，希拉里·克林頓國務卿將探尋美國如何爲緬甸的政治改革、人權和民族和解等進步提供支持。