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Burma's president promised on Monday to release all political prisoners by the end of this year and said he thought a nationwide ceasefire was possible for the first time in six decades.Burma's president promised on Monday to release all political prisoners by the end of this year and said he thought a nationwide ceasefire was possible for the first time in six decades.
"By the end of the year there will be no prisoners of conscience in Myanmar," Thein Sein told an audience at the Chatham House thinktank in London. A special committee was reviewing every political prisoner's case, he added."By the end of the year there will be no prisoners of conscience in Myanmar," Thein Sein told an audience at the Chatham House thinktank in London. A special committee was reviewing every political prisoner's case, he added.
The president, who met the British prime minister, David Cameron, earlier on Monday, said: "It's possible there will be a nationwide ceasefire in the coming weeks. It would be the first time in 60 years that the guns fall silent." Last month his government signed a peace deal aimed at ending the final ethnic conflict.The president, who met the British prime minister, David Cameron, earlier on Monday, said: "It's possible there will be a nationwide ceasefire in the coming weeks. It would be the first time in 60 years that the guns fall silent." Last month his government signed a peace deal aimed at ending the final ethnic conflict.
The president said Burma did not want to become aid dependent, but needed help to weather a transition period.The president said Burma did not want to become aid dependent, but needed help to weather a transition period.
Thein Sein is on a two-day visit to Britain to talk trade, aid and democracy before travelling on to France.Thein Sein is on a two-day visit to Britain to talk trade, aid and democracy before travelling on to France.
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