Myanmar can improve relations with United States: Hillary

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says, Myanmar can improve relations with the United States, if it releases all remaining political prisoners, ends violence against minorities and cuts military ties with North Korea. In a telephone call yesterday with the country's Foreign Minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, Clinton said that Washington is committed to walking down the path of reform with the people and government of Burma. The two also discussed restoring diplomatic relations. The U. S. Secretary of State also spoke with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. In a statement released after the talks, Secretary Clinton said she told the two Myanmar leaders that Washington is prepared to meet action with action. The talks come a day after the Burmese government released hundreds of political prisoners.