US President Barack Obama met with democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar lawmakers on Thursday as he sought to turn around the Southeast Asian nation's "backsliding" on much celebrated political reforms. The meeting was held in Myanmar's capital, Naypyidaw, as Obama took time out from a summit that had been meant to heap praise on the country's shift from army rule, but instead highlighted growing concerns over the transition. "It was an excellent discussion about this transition process that's taking place here in Myanmar around consolidating some of the gains that have been made but also pushing the group (on democracy and human rights)," Obama said. The US leader set the tone for his three-day trip to Myanmar with hard-hitting comments on the pace of reforms in an interview with news website The Irrawaddy published just before he arrived on Wednesday.
Obama meets Myanmar democracy icon after voicing alarm
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