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The Obama administration was encouraged by Myanmar’s recent release of some prisoners through a “humanitarian” amnesty, but wants to see more reforms before the U.S. considers lifting economic sanctions against the impoverished nation, officials say.
Peter Manikas, Asia director of the National Democratic Institute, a nonpartisan U.S. organization that promotes democracy overseas, said experts disagree on how to interpret Myanmar’s decision to abandon a hydroelectric dam project that China had planned on the Irrawaddy River.
