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Burma rewarded for political reforms as US names Derek Mitchell ambassador
Source: Associated Press
Burma rewarded for political reforms as US names Derek Mitchell ambassador
Associated Press in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 May 2012 19.29 BST
The Obama administration has named the first full ambassador to Burma in more than two decades as US political ties warm with the former south-east Asian pariah state.
As has been long expected, the White House tapped its current special envoy for Burma to become a full ambassador. Derek Mitchell has overseen US engagement with Burma as the country also known as Myanmar has undergone startling political reform.
If confirmed by the Senate, Mitchell would be the first US ambassador in the country since 1990. The US is currently represented by a lower-level diplomatic officer.
The announcement came ahead of a meeting Thursday between secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton and Burma's visiting foreign minister.
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Associated Press in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 May 2012 19.29 BST
The Obama administration has named the first full ambassador to Burma in more than two decades as US political ties warm with the former south-east Asian pariah state.
As has been long expected, the White House tapped its current special envoy for Burma to become a full ambassador. Derek Mitchell has overseen US engagement with Burma as the country also known as Myanmar has undergone startling political reform.
If confirmed by the Senate, Mitchell would be the first US ambassador in the country since 1990. The US is currently represented by a lower-level diplomatic officer.
The announcement came ahead of a meeting Thursday between secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton and Burma's visiting foreign minister.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/17/burma-rewarded-us-names-ambassador
