Newly re-elected US President Barack Obama will visit Yangon later this month, a
"Obama will come to
But the White House has not confirmed any trip to
Relations between the US and Myanmar have thawed significantly since President Thein Sein took the helm of a quasi-civilian regime last year and ushered in a period of sweeping reform.
Fresh from his re-election triumph, Obama has a small window for foreign travel before Thanksgiving on November 22 and deliberations in Congress about averting a destructive budgetary arrangement known as the "fiscal cliff."
Obama is also expected to travel to
"According to the plan, he will be arriving on the 18th," Cambodian government spokesman Khieu Kanharith told AFP, adding that he did not know how long Obama would stay in the country. The summit ends on November 20.
The Obama administration has encouraged the political developments in
Thein Sein made a landmark trip to
AFP