Myanmar violence could halt reform says Norway
- 12 years ago
This is the result of simmering ethnic violence in Myanmar.
A Muslim village burns to the ground, in a fire set by Buddhist neighbours.
It's part of tit-for-tat violence that has left 50 dead and displaced 30,000 people over the last several weeks.
On Sunday, Myanmar's most famous democracy advocate - Aung San Suu Kyi - met with Norway's foreign minister - Jonas Gahr Stoere - to discuss the clashes.
Stoere said the violence threatens what has been a dramatic shift to democracy by Myanmar's military leaders.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JONAS GAHR STOERE
"All violence and strife carry a risk much beyond the strife itself because it could topple a reform process which is always very vulnerable."
Suu Kyi - a former dissident who spent years under house arrest - is on her first European tour in decades.
On Saturday, she formally accepted a Nobel Peace Prize awarded to her in 1991.
Andrew Raven, Reuters
A Muslim village burns to the ground, in a fire set by Buddhist neighbours.
It's part of tit-for-tat violence that has left 50 dead and displaced 30,000 people over the last several weeks.
On Sunday, Myanmar's most famous democracy advocate - Aung San Suu Kyi - met with Norway's foreign minister - Jonas Gahr Stoere - to discuss the clashes.
Stoere said the violence threatens what has been a dramatic shift to democracy by Myanmar's military leaders.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JONAS GAHR STOERE
"All violence and strife carry a risk much beyond the strife itself because it could topple a reform process which is always very vulnerable."
Suu Kyi - a former dissident who spent years under house arrest - is on her first European tour in decades.
On Saturday, she formally accepted a Nobel Peace Prize awarded to her in 1991.
Andrew Raven, Reuters