Coming soon: A Harper trip to Myanmar?
Experts say the PM could cut the ribbon on a new embassy.
Foreign Minister John Baird and Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar last year.
Kristen Shane-Wednesday, 10/02/2013
The stage is set for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to visit Myanmar this fall, although the government isn’t confirming his travel plans.
Officials from both countries are in the early stages of planning the prime minister’s visit for November, according to one source close to the southeast Asian country also known as Burma.
Analysts who study Myanmar say they wouldn’t be surprised if Mr. Harper goes there. The country is “a little bit like a gold rush” now, said one academic, with both neighbours and far-flung Western countries flocking in, but Canada is being left behind. Mr. Harper might not want to be the last to make a historic visit to signal his support for Myanmar’s opening-up, said another.
