ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - US President Barack Obama will push Myanmar to cut its military ties with North Korea when he visits the former pariah state as part of three-country swing through Asia, a White House official said on Saturday.
He will have a "dialogue with the Burmese government about the need to reduce their relationship with North Korea," Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser, told reporters.
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"We see that as an issue where they've been moving in a positive direction," Rhodes said. "We'd like reinforce that action and, again, see Burma break its military ties with the North Koreans."