Sanctions on Myanmar may ease: British PM

April 12, 2012 18:14

On the eve of his historic visit to Myanmar, Prime Minister David Cameron today indicated that Britain would respond to pro-democracy changes in the country by easing sanctions against it.

Cameron, who is currently on a tour of southeast Asia, is scheduled to land in Myanmar tomorrow, in the first visit by a top Western leader since decades of military rule ended there last year.

"If Burma moves towards democracy then we should respond in kind, and we should not be slow in doing that. But first I want to go and see for myself on the ground how things are going," Cameron told BBC Radio 5 when asked if sanctions should be lifted.

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