Yangon, Muharram 5, 1434, Nov 19, 2012, SPA - US President Barack Obama met here today with Myanmar's President Thein Sein for about an hour in Yangon, in the first visit to the country by a serving US president. "I've shared with him the fact that I recognize this is just the first steps on what will be a long journey," Obama said. "But we think a process of democratic and economic reform here in Myanmar that has been started by the Myanmar's president is one that can lead to incredible development opportunities." For his part, President Thein Sein, who took up the post of president in March 2011, called on President Obama to support "capacity building" within the government while promising to "move the country forward." After holding talks with Thein Sein, Obama met with Shwe Mann, another key reformer who is speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, according to a report of DPA. --SPA 10:55 LOCAL TIME 07:55 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1050200