Burmese Leader to Hold Talks with British Prime Minister

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency)   Burmese President Thein Sein is to hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron, with trade ties and human rights set to top the agenda. Thein Sein, who has ushered in a series of reforms since he took power after polls in 2010, will spend two days in the UK, according to the (BBC). He wants help to boost Burma's economy and Western nations are keen to invest in the resource-rich nation. In recent months there have been a number of outbreaks of anti-Muslim violence in Buddhist-majority Burma, also known as Myanmar. The worst of the violence took place in Rakhine state last year, leaving some 200 people dead and tens of thousands - mostly Rohingya Muslims - displaced. Burmese authorities have been accused of failing to stop the violence and adequately safeguard the rights of Muslims. Then Sein has introduced major reforms since the elections of November 2010, which saw military rule replaced with a military-backed civilian government. Thein Sein's visit is though to be the first by a Burmese leader since military ruler Ne Win came to the UK in 1986.