President Barack Obama's White House on Tuesday welcomed Htin Kyaw's election as Myanmar's first civilian president in half a century, saying it was "an important step" in the country's democratization.
Senior Obama advisor Ben Rhodes hailed the move and noted that the 69-year-old was a "close associate" of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi, a popular Nobel laureate, is herself barred from becoming president by the military drafted constitution. She is widely expected to wield power behind in an unofficial capacity.
Rhodes, who has led rapprochement with Myanmar, said Htin Kyaw's appointment was "an important step forward in Burma's democratic transition."
"We look forward to working with his govt," he wrote on Twitter. (Courtesy of MSN)
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