Myanmar has been following a pragmatic foreign policy since the NLD came to power, and Aung San Suu Kyi took charge as Foreign Minister. The National League for Democracy government in Myanmar, which has been in office for less than half a year, has carefully charted out a balanced and astute foreign policy under the Foreign Minister, Aung San Suu Kyi. Foreign policy visionWhen Myanmar’s previous president, Thein Sein, assumed charge in 2011, he presented a broad vision, including in foreign policy, before Parliament. “A foreign policy that is based on getting our own way is not much of a foreign policy,” she said, indicating that her Myanmar would follow a pragmatic foreign policy, imbued with an enlightened vision of her nation’s place in the region. In early May, Mr. Htin Kyaw and Ms. Suu Kyi travelled together to Vientiane.

Source: The Hindu September 11, 2016 18:44 UTC