Washington: The US Treasury has removed Myanmar`s President, Thein Sein, from a list of individuals who are barred from doing business or owning property in America.
The announcement comes as Myanmar`s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is on a high-profile trip to the US that is expected to include a private meeting today with President Barack Obama.
The Obama administration wants to balance its praise for Suu Kyi with credit for Thein Sein, who`s been key to Myanmar`s democratic reforms.
The speaker of Myanmar`s lower house of parliament, Thura Shwe Mann, also was removed from the list. He was the third-ranking member in Myanmar`s former ruling junta. Thein Sein was prime minister.
PTI
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