Barroso offers EU development aid to Myanmar

2012-11-03 17

The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso has offered Myanmar 78 million euros in EU development aid, as he became the most senior Western leader to visit the new capital Nay Pyi Taw.

He is the latest of several dignitaries from the West to meet President Thein Sein. It comes as Myanmar - also known as Burma - continues its reform programme.

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