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Source: daughter-of-smoke-and-bone“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
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Source:WSJ: Myanmar’s Karen Union Urges Caution on Lifting Sanctions
As leaders from the U.S. and European Union signal their willingness to consider easing long-standing sanctions against Myanmar, the political head of the Karen National Union—one of the key ethnic insurgent groups embroiled in a long-running conflict with the country’s military—is urging the international community to wait for more political reforms and a last national cease-fire before lifting trade curbs.
“The international community should not rush too fast” into lifting sanctions, said Zipporah Sein, the group’s general secretary. “They should wait a little bit.”
Just last week, the possibility of an end to the long-running ethnic conflict between the Karen group and Myanmar’s government seemed within reach as leaders of the movement met with President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi—the highest-level peace talks the group has had since a tentative cease-fire agreement was inked in January.
On Friday, British Prime Minister David Cameron is scheduled to meet with top Myanmar leaders and Ms. Suu Kyi, and has said Britain will help push to end sanctions if he is satisfied that real political change is underway.
Still, Ms. Zipporah Sein told The Wall Street Journal in a telephone interview that this is just “the first step” forward, and that the government still “needs to go further” to prove its commitment to a lasting peace process.
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