YANGON (BIRMANIA) – In una conferenza stampa congiunta con, Il presidente americano Barack Obama incontra Aung San Suu Kyi a Yangon in Birmania e incontra la leader dell’opposizione birmana Aung San Suu Kyi. Si tratta della prima conferenza stampa, in Birmania, di un presidente americano. Ma a colpire maggiormente non è l’aspetto politico ma bensì lo stato fisico della San Suu Kyi, apparsa stanca e invecchiata.
Obama ha affermato che la democratizzazione in Birmania non è “né completata né irreversibile”.
In vista delle legislative dell’anno prossimo, il presidente americano Barack Obama si è appellato allo svolgimento di elezioni “libere ed eque” in Birmania.
Obama ha lanciato l’appello nella conferenza stampa congiunta con l’oppositrice birmana Aung San Suu Kyi la quale, se la Costituzione venisse modificata, potrebbe arrivare alla presidenza del paese del sud-est asiatico dominato per mezzo secolo dai militari fino al 2011. I due premi Nobel per la pace si sono incontrati nella casa dove Suu Kyi, icona della democrazia birmana, ha passato anni agli arresti domiciliari a Rangoon. Obama è in Birmania per una visita di due giorni che termina oggi.
Aung San Suu Kyi ha definito “ingiusta e antidemocratica” la costituzione del suo paese che le impedisce di candidarsi alla presidenza. “Non è giusto discriminare un cittadino in particolare”, ha detto la Premo Nobel per la Pace 1991 parlando del proprio caso nella conferenza stampa con il presidente americano Barack Obama. “La gente capisce che è ingiusta e anti-democratica”, ha premesso riferendosi alla costituzione birmana.
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epa04488849 US President Barack Obama (L) hugs Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) during the joint press conference at the Suu Kyi's resident in Yangon, Myanmar, 14 November 2014. US President Barack Obama is visiting Myanmar from 12 to 14 November 2014 as part of his six-days visit including China and Australia from November 10-16. During his second time visit to Myanmar, Obama attended the East Asia Summit (EAS), the US-ASEAN Summit and held a bilateral meeting with President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
epa04488848 US President Barack Obama (L) hugs Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) during the joint press conference at the Suu Kyi's resident in Yangon, Myanmar, 14 November 2014. US President Barack Obama is visiting Myanmar from 12 to 14 November 2014 as part of his six-days visit including China and Australia from November 10-16. During his second time visit to Myanmar, Obama attended the East Asia Summit (EAS), the US-ASEAN Summit and held a bilateral meeting with President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
epa04488846 US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hand with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) during the joint press conference at the Suu Kyi's resident in Yangon, Myanmar, 14 November 2014. US President Barack Obama is visiting Myanmar from 12 to 14 November 2014 as part of his six-days visit including China and Australia from November 10-16. During his second time visit to Myanmar, Obama attended the East Asia Summit (EAS), the US-ASEAN Summit and held a bilateral meeting with President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
epa04488847 US President Barack Obama (L) hugs Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) during the joint press conference at the Suu Kyi's resident in Yangon, Myanmar, 14 November 2014. US President Barack Obama is visiting Myanmar from 12 to 14 November 2014 as part of his six-days visit including China and Australia from November 10-16. During his second time visit to Myanmar, Obama attended the East Asia Summit (EAS), the US-ASEAN Summit and held a bilateral meeting with President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
epa04488835 US President Barak Obama (L) hugs Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the joint press conference at the Suu Kyi's resident in Yangon, Myanmar, 14 November 2014. US President Barack Obama is visiting Myanmar from 12 to 14 November 2014 as part of his six-days visit including China and Australia from November 10-16. During his second time visit to Myanmar, Obama attended the East Asia Summit (EAS), the US-ASEAN Summit and held a bilateral meeting with President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
epa04488842 US President Barak Obama (L) hugs Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) during the joint press conference at the Suu Kyi's resident in Yangon, Myanmar, 14 November 2014. US President Barack Obama is visiting Myanmar from 12 to 14 November 2014 as part of his six-days visit including China and Australia from November 10-16. During his second time visit to Myanmar, Obama attended the East Asia Summit (EAS), the US-ASEAN Summit and held a bilateral meeting with President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
