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奥巴马称赞缅甸政治改革
Obama hails the irreversible changes sweeping Myanmar
President Barack Obama paid a historic visit to Myanmar yesterday, saying that the political changes afoot in the country were irreversible as its people could finally see and taste freedom after five decades of dictatorship.
美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)昨日对缅甸展开历史性的访问,称该国正在推进的政治改革是不可逆转的,缅甸人民在经历了50年独裁统治后,终于能够亲眼看到并感受到自由。
“Something is happening in this country that cannot be reversed,” Mr Obama said on the first visit to the country by a US president.
作为首位访问缅甸的美国总统,奥巴马指出:“缅甸正在发生的一些事情是无法逆转的。”
He also told an audience at Yangon university that Myanmar’s military must accept restraints on its power, noting that “the US has the strongest military in the world, but it must submit to civilian control”.
他在仰光大学(Yangon university)对听众发表演讲时还表示,缅甸军方必须接受对其权力的制约,指出“美国拥有全球最强的军事力量,但美国军方必须服从文职官员的领导。”

Mr Obama’s visit came just two weeks after his re-election to a second term in office, during which the president intends to continue his administration’s “pivot” of diplomatic and military resources towards the Asia Pacific region. Resource-rich Myanmar has been a traditional ally of China, which is wary of Washington’s renewed focus on its backyard.
奥巴马的此次访问距离他竞选连任成功仅仅两周。他计划在第二个总统任期内继续向亚太地区转移外交和军事资源。缅甸自然资源丰富,传统上是中国的盟友,而中国对于美国开始关注自己的后院持警惕态度。
Mr Obama met Thein Sein, the president who has propelled Myanmar’s tran