May 27, 2011, 12:03 GMT
Yangon - US senator John McCain, the Republican's unsuccessful presidential candidate in 2008, has been granted a visa to visit Myanmar next week, government sources said Friday.
'He will visit here in the first week of June,' said a government official who requested anonymity.
McCain is expected to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but it was unclear whether he would be granted an audience with President Thein Sein or senior government officials, the source said.
The senator, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, has been one of the foremost critics of Myanmar's military junta that ruled the country from 1988 to 2010, before passing power to an elected government after a general election in November.
The election, labelled a sham by US President Barack Obama, was won by the pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party.
McCain's visit would follow on other high-profile visits since Myanmar's new government took office on March 30.
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Yun visited Myanmar last week and met with Foreign Minister Wanna Maung Lwin.
Yun, who also met with Suu Kyi, told the Nobel laureate that he 'wanted to see significant development here,' before the US would consider lifting sanctions.
It was Yun's first official visit since the new government was formed, and followed a visit by United Nations special envoy to Myanmar Vijay Nambiar in early April.
Yun last visited in December, shortly after Suu Kyi was released from a seven-year house arrest.
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'He will visit here in the first week of June,' said a government official who requested anonymity.
McCain is expected to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but it was unclear whether he would be granted an audience with President Thein Sein or senior government officials, the source said.
The senator, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, has been one of the foremost critics of Myanmar's military junta that ruled the country from 1988 to 2010, before passing power to an elected government after a general election in November.
The election, labelled a sham by US President Barack Obama, was won by the pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party.
McCain's visit would follow on other high-profile visits since Myanmar's new government took office on March 30.
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Yun visited Myanmar last week and met with Foreign Minister Wanna Maung Lwin.
Yun, who also met with Suu Kyi, told the Nobel laureate that he 'wanted to see significant development here,' before the US would consider lifting sanctions.
It was Yun's first official visit since the new government was formed, and followed a visit by United Nations special envoy to Myanmar Vijay Nambiar in early April.
Yun last visited in December, shortly after Suu Kyi was released from a seven-year house arrest.
US senator John McCain to visit Myanmar, sources say
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