** FILE ** Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets with President Thein Sein at the presidential office in the capital of Naypyitaw in 2010. (Associated Press)
From left, Thein Sein, president of Myanmar; Benigno Aquino III, president of the Philippines; Lee Hsien Loong, prime minister of Singapore; Yingluck Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand; Nguyen Tan Dung, prime minister of Vietnam; and Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia, join hands after a signing ceremony of adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration during a summit for the association in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Sunday. (Associated Press)
Workers repair light fixtures out side the Yangon University's Convocation Hall, where U.S. President Obama is anticipated to deliver a lecture on his historic visit in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama, who visits Myanmar on November 19, will meet democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein on the first visit to the country by a sitting US president. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Workers repair light fixtures out side the Yangon University's Convocation Hall, where U.S. President Obama is anticipated to deliver a lecture on his historic visit in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama, who visits Myanmar on November 19, will meet democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein on the first visit to the country by a sitting US president. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Workers repair light fixtures out side the Yangon University's Convocation Hall, where U.S. President Obama is anticipated to deliver a lecture on his historic visit in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama, who visits Myanmar on November 19, will meet democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein on the first visit to the country by a sitting US president. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
**FILE** Attendees at the Retreat Session of the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 19, 2011, include (from left) U.S. President Barack Obama, Myanmar President Thein Sein (rear), Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Vietnamese President Nguyen Tan Dung, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Associated Press)
Thein Sein, President of Myanmar, speaks Sept. 27, 2012, during the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. (Associated Press)
Thein Sein, President of Myanmar, speaks Sept. 27, 2012, during the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. (Associated Press)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly in New York told Myanmar President Thein Sein that the United States will ease its import ban on the country. (Associated Press)
