Visit by Mr. Alain Juppé to Japan and Myanmar (Jan. 12-16, 2012) [ fr ]

Alain Juppé, Ministre d’État, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs has travelled to Japan and Burma from the 13th to the 16th of January. At this occasion he has awarded the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi with France’s highest honours, Commander in the National Order of the Legion d’Honneur, in recognition of her long struggle for democracy.

 Read Alain Juppé’s speech presenting the distinction of commander of the French Legion d’Honneur to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (in French)

 Read the statement by Alain Juppé on Myanmar new amnesty for political prisoners (Jan. 13, 2012).

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