FRANCE: President Francois Hollande meets with Myanmar President Thein Sein at Paris' Elysee Palace

Record ID: 862634

  • Title: FRANCE: President Francois Hollande meets with Myanmar President Thein Sein at Paris' Elysee Palace
  • Date: 17th July 2013
  • Summary: MYANMAR PRESIDENT THEIN SEIN WALKING IN ELYSEE PALACE COURTYARD THEIN SEIN AND HOLLANDE SHAKING HANDS, ENTERING ELYSEE PALACE
  • Embargoed: 1st August 2013 13:00
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  • Location: France
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  • Country: France
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVAAIVV8B96MU6LJIXVPW1PJRZD3
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  • Story Text: Myanmar President Thein Sein was received by French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace on Wednesday (July 17).
    Thein Sein's French visit is his first and comes in the wake of an official trip to Britain earlier in the week where he pledged to release all his country's political prisoners.
    Earlier in the day, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault welcomed Thein Sein for a lunch at Matignon, while campaign group Avaaz staged a demonstration with a mock graveyard to protest treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar.
    A press release issued after the meeting said that Hollande had stressed France's concern for the Rohingya community during the talks.
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