美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿说，北韩与缅甸的军事合作将给本地区带来非常不稳定的因素，还将给缅甸的邻国带来直接威胁。
克林顿说，华盛顿“非常严肃地”对待这个地区对北韩与缅甸合作的忧虑。克林顿是星期二在曼谷与泰国总理阿披实举行会晤后谈到这些问题的。她星期三将在普吉参加一个地区安全会议。
北韩与缅甸可能的联系在6月份成为媒体的头条新闻，当时美国海军跟踪一艘据信驶往缅甸的北韩船只，船上载有可疑货物。这艘船后来没有在缅甸靠岸，返回了北韩。
克林顿说，如果缅甸军政府停止迫害被关押的民主领袖昂山素季以及其他政治和少数团体，美国将有兴趣与缅甸建立一个建设性的伙伴关系。
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says military cooperation between North Korea and Burma would be very destabilizing for the region, and would pose a direct threat to Burma’s neighbors.
She says Washington is taking regional concerns about this connection “very seriously.”Clinton addressed the concerns on Tuesday in Bangkok after meeting Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. She will join a regional security conference in Phuket on Wednesday.
North Korea’s possible cooperation with Burma made headlines in June, when the U.S. Navy began tracking a North Korean ship believed to be traveling to Burma with suspicious cargo.The ship returned to North Korea without ever docking in Burma.
Clinton says the United States is open to a productive partnership with Burma if the military government ends the mistreatment of jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political and minority groups.