Myanmar’s President Thein Sein will visit Britain and France next month, an official said on Friday, as the international community continues to embrace his nation’s democratic reforms.
Thein Sein will travel to up to four countries on his second trip to Europe in months, a government official said requesting anonymity.
“Our President Thein Sein will visit about three or four countries in mid July.... he will visit the UK and Paris in France for sure,” a Myanmar government official told AFP, adding detailed information of who will accompany him has not been released.
Myanmar’s leader visited several European countries in March - although not Britain or France - to drum up support for reforms that he has overseen since taking the presidency in 2011.
Those changes include freeing some political prisoners and holding by-elections which saw opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi take a seat in parliament.
The European Union on Wednesday readmitted Myanmar to its trade preference scheme, saying it wanted to support reform in the once pariah state through economic development.
