- NAYPYITAW: Myanmar’s president says his government is trying to ease tensions between political factions and reach out for better relations with the country’s numerous ethnic groups.
President Thein Sein told Parliament Monday that the government will listen to opposition groups. He met pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week.
He says the government has opened its doors to talks with armed ethnic groups and that development of the frontier areas where they live depends on stability.
Monday’s Parliamentary session was only the second in more than 20 years and the first journalists were allowed to attend since the 1980s.
The government elected in November is dominated by military officers. It took power from a military junta last March.