Obama signs executive order to lift U.S. economic sanctions on Myanmar

Hamilton Nwosa
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President Barack Obama is lifting U.S. economic sanctions on the former pariah state of Myanmar.

The White House says Obama signed an executive order lifting the sanctions on Friday. He had announced plans to do so last month, when Myanmar’s new civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee), visited the Oval Office.

Obama’s move marks the culmination of years of rapprochement between the U.S. and Myanmar that Obama has worked to facilitate. The Southeast Asian nation has pursued political reforms over the last five years following decades of oppressive military rule.

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