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Myanmar’s leader plans a landmark visit to Washington this month, an AFP source said, as the United States eased visa restrictions in a sign of support despite a surge in anti-Muslim violence. President Thein Sein, who would be the first leader of the country to visit in half a century, is planning to be in the American capital around May 20 or May 21. The trip would include a summit with President Barack Obama at the White House. In another step towards thawing relations, Secretary of State John Kerry ended a 1996 ban on US visas to Myanmar nationals accused of hindering democracy during the country’s decades of harsh military rule.
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