Washington rolled out a red-carpet welcome on Wednesday for Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who was to hold talks with President Barack Obama and finally receive Congress’s highest honor.

The talks come a day after Suu Kyi called for an end to US sanctions on her impoverished country, saying “in the end we have to build our own democracy.”

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