Obama begins historic visit to Myanmar, meets Myanmar president

YANGON, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Newly re-elected U.S. President Barack Obama arrived here Monday morning to kick off his hours' working visit to Myanmar, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Southeast Asian nation in the history of Myanmar-U.S. relations.

As part of his four-day Southeast Asian tour to Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia, started from Saturday, Obama flew over from Thailand after completing his first leg of the tour.

Carrying Obama, who was accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Air Force One touched down at the Yangon International Airport at 09:38 a.m. (local time).

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