President Obama has a ` ` tense '' meeting with Myanmar 's leader . The official U.S. position continued to be that the country 's name is Burma , Rhodes said . The president is in Cambodia for a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders . Obama meets with pro - democracy leader U San Suu Kyi and Myanmar 's president . Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar , also known as Burma .
President Obama has a ` ` tense '' meeting with Myanmar 's leader . The president is in Cambodia for a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders . Obama meets with pro - democracy leader U San Suu Kyi and Myanmar 's president . Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar , also known as Burma .